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A variant twist and an undue strain Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana Just as safe and effective vaccines against Covid-19 rolled out to great fanfare, SARS-CoV-2 once again showed it had another ace up its sleeve. A new variant, variously termed the UK variant, B117 or VUI 122020/01, was spreading...

CLINICAL MATTERS Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana It was the “shot” that was seen and heard around the world. On Dec. 8, the first-ever approved Covid-19 vaccine was given to a 90-year-old woman in the UK named Maggie . This became the first of many more vaccinations, marking a momentous shift in...

We are hopeful enough to ask this question CLINICAL MATTERS Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana As the first Covid-19 vaccines roll out, pandemic fatigue is becoming more acute, especially during this Christmas season. Everyone is asking, “How much longer?” The last nine months have been strange and...

Is this drug really effective and worth its price? Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana Other than hydroxychloroquine, no other anti-Covid-19 drug has generated as much controversy as remdesivir. Originally developed as a drug against the Ebola virus, remdesivir was repurposed for use against the...

Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana The news traveled thick and fast. The Pfizer vaccine against Covid-19 works! Scientists were optimistic for months that a Covid-19 vaccine would be developed, but nothing was guaranteed. Proof that it would be efficacious was building up, with phase 1 and phase 2 trials...