PARIS, France -- Images from Mars reveal how water helped shape the Red Planet's landscape billions of years ago, and provide clues that will guide the search for evidence of ancient life, a study said Thursday. NASA astrobiologist Amy Williams and her team in Florida found similarities between...
There are 52 cases of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) detected in Taguig. Based on data from the Department of Health (DOH), the 52 cases of the Delta variant in Taguig were recorded as of Sept. 27. Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano getting vaccinated (Taguig City...
The Philippines reported 21 fresh cases of COVID-19 Delta variant, which were detected from the samples collected in the past months. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said 749 samples that were taken during the period of April to June...
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern admitted Monday that New Zealand's widely praised "Covid zero" strategy had failed to halt a stubborn outbreak in Auckland and said a new approach was needed. (AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN) The hardline elimination policy had largely protected the country from the pandemic,...
Changes in the alert level classifications of the National Capital Region (NCR) must be transparent and based on numbers. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion and Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, OP, a molecular biologist,...
(Not just the Western ones) CLINICAL MATTERS Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana Despite record numbers of cases across the world as a result of the Delta variant rampage, death rates from COVID-19 in countries with high vaccination rates have been dropping dramatically. Along with decreasing death rates...
Vice President Leni Robredo has called on the government to hasten the vaccination rollout in the provinces amid the request of local government units (LGUs) for more vaccine doses against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Vice President Leni Robredo was present during the second-dose Vaccine...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand reported 12 new Delta variant cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country's community outbreak to 1,160. Health workers are seen at a testing site for COVID-19 in Auckland, New Zealand, Aug. 20, 2021. (Xinhua/File)...
HARBIN, China -- The virus strain behind the latest COVID-19 infections in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, has been identified as the Delta variant, local authorities said Friday. A medical worker collects swab sample from a woman for nucleic acid testing in Harbin,...
Some of the biggest hospitals in the country are shutting down their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) wards due to manpower issues, National Task Force (NTF) Deputy Chief Implementer Vince Dizon said. A signage bearing "temporarily closed full capacity" is seen displayed outside the Manila Medical...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, Sept. 20 said the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is now the most common lineage in the country. DOH/MB This as the Health department reported the detection of 319 additional Delta cases, 13 Alpha and 9 Beta cases in the latest whole...
K-pop boy band ASTRO member Jinjin tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the latest Korean celebrity to get infected with the virus. “On Sept. 16, Jinjin of ASTRO, an artist belonging to our agency, was in poor physical condition and immediately underwent COVID-19 PCR test just in...
