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CLINICAL MATTERS
With only one week left until the May 9 election, campaigns are in overdrive with their final pushes and rallies. While candidates look favorably upon huge crowds of people coming out to support them, healthcare workers look on in horror as people are...
Safe and effective medications for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are available in the country and these are "essential" in exiting the pandemic, adult infectious disease specialist Dr. Edsel Maurice Salvaña said on Friday, Feb. 11.
In a webinar held by the University of the Philippines (UP),...
"No exception."
President Duterte has ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to arrest individuals who are supposedly selling coronavirus disease (COVID-19) drugs and essential medicine in the black market.
President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo)
Duterte made the statement after...
From straight out of left field, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque denied on Tuesday night, Sept. 7 any relation to a man in a TikTok video who called him his "biological dad".
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (left) and the man on TikTok claiming to be his son (Photos from Facebook,...
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The Department of Health (DOH) said it is currently facing challenges in sourcing anti-inflammatory drug tocilizumab which is being used in treating coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients.
"For tocilizumab we're having challenges sa ngayon (right now)," said DOH Undersecretary...
The National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) announced that it will suspend the dispensing of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) drugs remdesivir and tocilizumab after reaching "critical stock level."
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In an interview with CNN Philippines, NKTI Executive Director Dr. Rose...
A vial of the anti-viral drug Remdesivir. The Department of Health says it has received complaints from patients that some hospitals are overpricing the drug. (AFP/Ulrich Perrey)
The Philippine Hospital Association (PHA) said that it is not right to accuse various hospitals in the country of...
A pediatric neurosurgeon asked for help on social media after he found out that a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) drug was being sold using receipts under his name.
Pediatric neurosurgeon Ronnie Baticulon uploads on Twitter a copy of a fake receipt which was used to sell Remdesivir under his...
A vial of the anti-viral drug Remdesivir. The Department of Health says it has received complaints from patients that some hospitals are overpricing the drug. (AFP/Ulrich Perrey)
The Department of Health (DOH) warned the public against overpricing Remdesivir, an investigational drug used in...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is further conducting studies on the use of antiviral drug Remdesivir against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Science and Technology- Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) said on Thursday, May 20.
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The Department of Health (DOH) said it is not procuring the antiviral drug Remdesivir being used by coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients.
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Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the DOH does not have a procurement for Remdesivir because it has no certificate of product...
The government has firmed up contingency plans to secure more medical oxygen supplies as well as Remdevisir to help with the treatment of coronavirus patients in the country.
President Duterte holds a meeting with IATF members before delivering his public address on May 5, 2021 (Malacañang)
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