DAVAO CITY – The Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) has been tapped to participate in the clinical trials of potential coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in the Philippines. In a phone interview, Dr. Ricardo Audan, office-in-charge (OIC) medical center chief, revealed that the...
BAGUIO CITY – This city posted yet another record-high number of recoveries from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in a single day with 103 on Friday, October 9. That brought to 829 the number of recoveries out of 1,301 confirmed cases in the city. But that piece of good news was dampened by a...
More than 2.7 million migrants who wished to return home have been stranded abroad because of restrictions put in place to fight the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations said on Friday. Honduran migrants, part of a US-bound migrant caravan, remain outside a migrant shelter in the municipality...
China is participating in a World Health Organization (WHO)-backed vaccine effort, stepping in to fill a void in global health leadership after US President Donald Trump spurned the program. China has signed up to a deal to ensure future Covid-19 vaccines are distributed to developing countries....
The Pentagon's top general, quarantined after being exposed to Covid-19, assured Thursday that the military remains at the ready to defend the United States and allies. General Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, is self-quarantining after contact with an infected Coast Guard...
The US Food and Drug Administration made public its guidance for issuing emergency approval for a Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday, making it clear it wants to see follow-up two months after trial volunteers have their second dose. Nita Patel, director of antibody discovery and vaccine development at...
TACLOBAN City - After confirming 94 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, the tally in Eastern Visayas has surpassed the 5,000-mark, according to the Department of Health in Region 8 (DOH-8). Samar province had the most number of cases reported with 52 coming from Calbayog City, 15 from...
The World Health Organization warned European countries Tuesday about "pandemic fatigue" which it says threatens the continent's ability to tackle the coronavirus. "Although fatigue is measured in different ways, and levels vary per country, it is now estimated to have reached over 60 percent in...
A second wave of the coronavirus in Europe has forced Paris to shutter its iconic cafes Monday as the US presidential race was in disarray after Donald Trump checked himself out of hospital after Covid-19 treatment. People have drinks on a bar's terrasse in Paris on September 26, 2020, two days...
LINGAYEN – The Provincial Health Office (PHO) here reported 17 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as well as one fatality and 13 recoveries, on Monday, October 5. Four of the new cases came from Sta. Barbara town, while three others were from Dagupan City. Two cases from...
Democratic White House hopeful Joe Biden on Monday castigated Donald Trump for saying Americans should not be afraid of Covid-19 or let it "dominate your life," even after the president tested positive for coronavirus. Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden participates...
President Donald Trump, shortly after leaving hospital Monday following Covid-19 treatment, called on Americans to "get out there", but to be careful of the virus that has killed more than 200,000 in the US. US President Donald Trump removes his mask upon return to the White House from Walter Reed...
