When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Professor Gregory Gray at Duke University's Global Health Institute tasked a graduate student at his lab with developing a pan-species coronavirus test in order to help prevent the next catastrophe. The idea was to deploy the tool, once its accuracy was validated,...
Vice President Leni Robredo is open to appearing in an infomercial with President Duterte to encourage the public to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Vice President Robredo and President Duterte (FILE PHOTO / PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO) The Vice President's spokesman Atty. Barry...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso said it's only right for a person to choose what COVID-19 vaccine brand he/she wants to get. Manila City Mayor Francisco Isko Moreno Domagoso (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) "Karapatan ng tao na mamili ng bakunang ituturok sa...
Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano said the city government will follow the order of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in not disclosing in advance the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine brand that will be used for a vaccination center. Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano (Taguig City...
EDITORS DESK Johannes L. Chua When man disrupts the normal cycle of nature, dire consequences happen to the point that it reaches a global proportion. We all feel it as the pain of a prolonged pandemic continues to haunt us. So much has been said and written about COVID that some of us may feel...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has vowed to inform more than 4.3 million household-beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of President Duterte’s directive to distribute the Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to the indigent communities....
More than half of Filipino adults have expressed confidence on the government’s evaluation of the vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to a survey issued Thursday, May 20. Graph courtesy of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) In a survey conducted by the Social Weather...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is further conducting studies on the use of antiviral drug Remdesivir against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Science and Technology- Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) said on Thursday, May 20. (Manila Bulletin...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has no problem with the non-announcement of COVID-19 vaccine brands to be used in inoculation centers in her city as she said "every vaccine is the same." (QC PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a press conference Thursday, Belmonte assured her constituents there is nothing to...
The central bank’s Monetary Board as of May 7 has reviewed and approved $15.5 billion worth of foreign borrowings for the government’s anti-pandemic projects and programs. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno reiterated on Thursday that despite the increasing debt...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco lauded the decision of the Professional Regulations Commission to push through with the 2021 Nursing Licensure Examination in July, saying that the move will help address the shortage of health care workers faced by medical facilities and health centers as a result of the...
(DOH / MANILA BULLETIN) More than 6,000 people have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, May 20. This pushed the country’s total number of cases since last year to 1,165,155, wherein 4.5 percent or 51,912 cases are still active....
