CLINICAL MATTER One of the things I was looking forward to this year was going back to the TED conference in Vancouver this month. As a senior TED fellow, I got reinvited to come back to this mothership TED conference featuring some of the best speakers in the world. This year’s theme is...
CLINICAL MATTER Just a little over a year ago, on April 7, 2022, I embarked on my first post-lockdown international travel after two long years. The destination was Vancouver in Canada to attend the TED 2022 conference. Prior to that conference, my last international travel was January 2020 after...
CLINICAL MATTER As Filipino Catholics observed Holy Week on the third year of the pandemic, churches were once again full to capacity and the pilgrimage sites were bursting at the seams with people. With the lifting of most of the minimum public health standards, the faithful have trooped back in...
CLINICAL MATTER As the Covid-19 pandemic winds down and people go about their daily lives, the question that many people are asking is,” Can this happen again?” A new pandemic occurring is not a question of if but a question of when. There are things that can be done to delay the next pandemic...
As the World Health Organization (WHO) meets anew to determine whether the pandemic is no longer an international emergency, many of us who were caught in the middle of the storm still struggle to come to terms with the events of the last three years. This time of year, many healthcare workers...
CLINICAL MATTER The Covid-19 pandemic was accompanied by a parallel pandemic of misinformation and disinformation. While sinister forces are usually at work when it comes to disinformation, some misinformation can occur when the scientific evidence changes and outdated information is spread....
Masks, seatbelts, and why we wear them CLINICAL MATTERS DR. EDSEL SALVANA One of the most frequent questions I get is whether it is finally safe to remove our masks. With the continued downtrend of Covid-19 cases in the country despite the emergence of new variants, does it make sense to continue...
