If vaccines have expiration dates, then vaccine cards should do too. This was the call of medical experts to the government in a bid to hasten booster vaccinations across the country due to waning immunity and amid reports of new variants of Covid-19. (Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin File Photo) In a...
(Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin File Photo) Giving incentives and imposing certain restrictions can help encourage more people to get inoculated instead of making Covid-19 vaccination mandatory, said Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion. Concepcion made the suggestion amid the low...
An uptick or resurgence of Covid-19 infections in Metro Manila may occur due to waning vaccine immunity, an OCTA Research fellow warned on Thursday, April 7. OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David, in a health forum held by the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP), presented projections indicating that a...
A total of 1,427 individuals out of 2,837 examinees have passed the March 2022 Physician Licensure Examination, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Friday, March 18. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The licensure examination was given by the Board of Medicine in Manila, Baguio,...
The Philippine College of Chest Physicians (PCCP) on Friday, March 18, supported the recommendation of the vaccine expert panel of the National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 to administer fourth dose or second booster shot to elderlies and people with comorbidities. (Screenshot from Laging...
A physician raised alarm on Thursday, Oct. 28, over the Department of Transportation's (DOTr) proposal to raise the passenger capacity in public utility vehicles (PUV) back to 100 percent. (KEITH BACONGCO / MANILA BULLETIN) DOTr said the proposal seeks to help drivers and operators amid the...
A total of 144,131 minors, aged 15 to 17, are targeted for immunization under the two-phase Pediatric Vaccination Pilot in Metro Manila with those with comorbidities being prioritized, said Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya on Monday, Oct. 18. The...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday urged President Duterte to heed the call of the country’s medical experts and former health secretaries “not to obstruct” the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s investigation into the anomalous transactions involving the government’s...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) urged the public to continue to honor the Filipino doctors who continue to be at the frontlines as the country continues to battle coronavirus disease (COVID-19). JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN “We at the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) are in awe of all...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The head of the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) said that the country is currently in the “fourth wave” of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections amid the continued increase in cases. “Well, basically yes, if we consider the start of...
An official from the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) said Tuesday, Sept. 14, the success of granular lockdowns which will be piloted on Sept. 16 in Metro Manila will depend on how well local government units can implement them. (ALI VICOY / MB FILE PHOTO) In an interview with DZBB, PCP...
Opposition congressmen on Friday, Sept. 11 chided presidential spokesman Harry Roque for berating doctors on the controversy surrounding government’s alleged indecisiveness on community quarantine impositions. Spokesman Harry Roque Roque was reported to have scolded medical experts for appealing...
