Senator Sherwin Gatchalian expressed belief teenage pregnancies and the rise of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections should be addressed in the grassroots level nationwide. Gatchalian said the active involvement of parents and local government unit (LGU) officials are paramount in...
Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles has underscored the effectiveness of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines amid the current surge in new cases of the dreaded illness. (Hakan Nural/ Unsplash) “Please allow us to reiterate that the protection provided by...
The country’s yearlong real-world study on the effectiveness of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines is expected to be completed by June this year, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Saturday, Jan. 8. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) DOST Undersecretary for Research and Development Dr....
Editorial Explore all possible options to safely mitigate the effects of more transmissible variants of COVID-19. Thus did Health Secretary Francisco Duque III frame the current strategy of the government in the continuing efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Three important measures were...
A total of 1,823 individuals have already been recruited to participate in the country’s yearlong real-world study on the effectiveness of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Friday, Nov. 5. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) During his weekly...
Six more sites have been identified for the country’s yearlong real-world study on the effectiveness of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said on Monday, Oct. 25. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) DOST Undersecretary for...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The effectiveness against infection of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID -19 vaccines dropped from 91 percent before the Delta variant became dominant to 66 percent afterwards, according to a large study of US health workers published Tuesday. In this file photo, Moderna...
