The Philippine government must be quick on its feet to secure its supply of African swine fever (ASF) vaccines for the local hogs industry. (Unsplash) "Sana ay umaksyon agad ang pamahalaan para makakuha ng supply at maipamahagi ito sa ating mga stakeholder sa lalong madaling panahon (Hopefully our...
The proposed Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines (VIP) Act will be a boon to the existing Balik Scientist Program of the government, a ranking House of Representatives member underscored on Thursday, Feb. 23. (Unsplash) “We hope that our brilliant Filipino scientists, researchers...
The first commercially available vaccine against African Swine Fever (ASF), a viral hog disease devastating swine industries around the world since its resurgence in 2018, will soon be available in the country with only one injection needed to protect growing pigs, a local agricultural product...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US biotech company Moderna said Thursday it had mixed results from a large-scale trial of its mRNA flu shot, based on the same technology used in its successful Covid-19 vaccine. Moderna's experimental mRNA-1010 flu shot is "quadrivalent," meaning it targets four...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Philippines is expected to receive one million bivalent Covid-19 vaccines “in the coming months” to be donated by other countries and the global vaccine...
Any vaccine or health technology will always have a health risk attached to it, an official from the Department of Health (DOH) stated on Tuesday, Jan. 17 as United States (US) authorities are bound to investigate drugmaker Pfizer's Covid-19 bivalent vaccine and its possible link to a type of brain...
WASHINGTON, United States – US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Tuesday rescinded the Pentagon's Covid-19 vaccine mandate, a move required by Congress over his objections as part of the 2023 defense spending bill. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (AFP/File) Austin wrote in a memo...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The country's supply of Covid-19 vaccines is still sufficient, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, Jan. 6. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire...
A ranking member of the House of Representatives believes that the proposed Act creating the Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines (VVIP or VIP) will get enacted sooner than later. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) In a statement, Camarines Sur 2nd district...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) assured that the current stock of monovalent Covid-19 vaccines will still be used even once the bivalent vaccines arrive in the country. “Let me reiterate, ang (the) monovalent vaccine, ito yung mga nasa stocks natin ngayon, hindi po natin titigilan ang...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said that more than 592,000 health workers in the country have yet to receive their second booster shot of the Covid-19 vaccine. At...
The Taguig City government reported that 875 people were vaccinated against Covid-19 in the past week. In a report, the city government said the 875 individual received their vaccines from Dec. 12 to 16, compared to 928 who were inoculated from Dec. 5 to 9. Vaccination in Taguig (Photo from Taguig...
