Six more sites have been identified for the country’s yearlong real-world study on the effectiveness of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said on Monday, Oct. 25. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) DOST Undersecretary for...
As 145 indigenous vegetables have been rediscovered, an expert from the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) has expressed concern that some of these plants have slowly been disappearing, citing the use of plant-killing herbicides as among the reasons. Lima bean (Screengrab from...
The Philippines will likely start by end of this month or early November its “Mix and Match” trial or MnM study to determine the safety and immunogenicity of mixing different coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines and vaccine platforms in Filipino adults. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST...
The recruitment of participants for the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Solidarity Vaccines Trial (SVT) has been piloted in three hospitals in Metro Manila, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST Undersecretary for Research and Development...
The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) remains committed to help Filipino families become food-secure during this time of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Community garden in San...
The Philippines has conducted clinical studies to determine the efficacy of virgin coconut oil (VCO) as adjunct treatment against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO ) Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Undersecretary for Research and Development (R&D) Dr....
The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) vowed to continue working together to strengthen agricultural research...
The country’s clinical trials on the use of virgin coconut oil (VCO), lagundi (Chinese chaste tree) and tawa-tawa (Euphorbia hirta) as adjunct therapy, herbal medicine, and adjunctive treatment against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may benefit the country’s farmers, the Department of Science...
Seven lying-in clinics and health centers in the National Capital Region (NCR) are expected to receive RxBox telehealth devices from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). RxBoxes (DOST/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said the DOST-NCR’s...
The Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) Safe, Swift and Smart Travel Management System or S-PaSS has now more than 3.8 million active users. Safe, Swift and Smart Travel Management System or S-PaSS (DOST) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said they have logged more than...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) announced Friday, Oct. 22, that its Science Education Institute (SEI) started accepting applications for the 2022 Undergraduate Scholarships. “The 2022 DOST-SEI Undergraduate S&T Scholarship Program is now open!,” read the DOST-VIII’s...
The Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will soon bake the fourth variant of its enhanced nutribun (E-Nutribun)—the ube (purple yam) variant. DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña shows the newly developed enhanced nutribun...
