With a handshake, Senator Robinhood "Robin" Padilla has deemed resolved his issue with Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva. This followed a statement of Padilla that he was not voting for Villanueva when he was nominated to the post of Senate majority leader during the regular session of the...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Dr. Raymund W. Lo The buzz nowadays is there are 27 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines set to expire this month. Most were bought by private companies, which are now fretting about the losses that the expiration will incur. The question is why are these vaccines being allowed...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Dr. Raymund W. Lo The practice of modern medicine is very much truth-based in terms of the science behind it. Medical literature gives us an abundance of information, which we use to treat patients. The science is robust and evidence-based. Besides being peer-reviewed and...
Among the many infamous things people see on the streets of Metro Manila are the footbridges. While they are built to keep commuters safe from crossing busy roads, sometimes the engineering that backs them doesn’t make sense. We saw it just recently after one upcoming footbridge in...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Dr. Raymund W. Lo Rabies is a zoonotic disease, just like Covid-19. But it kills 100 percent of its victims, compared to less than two percent for Covid-19. Worldwide, rabies kills 60,000 people annually. WHO says it is probably underestimated. In the Philippines, between 200...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Dr. Raymund W. Lo It was my usual Sunday morning being spent at home in the garden when my gardener came to me and tearfully said he has to go home because his younger sister committed suicide. We were in shock. She was only 20 years old. But her story isn’t isolated. I...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Dr. Raymund W. Lo Amid the rising number of Covid cases, people are starting to feel anxious again, if not panicking outright. Sure, there’s a definite upward trend, but we’re still not seeing the number of hospitalizations and ICU occupancy that we saw in the initial and...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Dr. Raymund W. Lo Dramatic as the Covid-19 pandemic is, we should remember that its death toll is dwarfed by that of HIV/AIDS, which has so far killed 36.3 million people since it started in 1980. Yet, we seem to have forgotten about this dreaded disease. It is still very much...
An infectious disease expert on Monday, June 20, said there is still no indication to place the National Capital Region (NCR) under the more restrictive Alert Level 2. Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvaña (Screenshot taken from Laging Handa FB Live ) Recently, the number of Covid-19 cases in the NCR...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Dr. Raymund W. Lo Still reeling from the Covid-19 pandemic, we are now faced with another viral zoonotic (animal-transmitted) disease that threatens our health. Monkeypox virus is a member of the Poxviridae family, which includes smallpox. Before you panic, here’s a...
EDITORS DESK Ramon Bonilla As President Duterte marches out of Malacañang in less than a month, it is worth noting that for the past six years he had delivered his promises for the athletes. Name it — from spanking new stadiums, eye-dropping budget for training and international exposures, and...
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE Dr. Raymund W. Lo The dust has cleared. The people have spoken. We will have a new president whose father preceded him 36 years ago. What is going to be interesting is how this new government will fare, considering the numerous challenges facing the Philippines. Can it cope...
