Medical

Certain drugs used to treat HIV may have a role in preventing SARS-CoV-2 infections, according to preliminary data that may help explain why people living with the condition have not…

The Philippines received last June over two million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX Facility. US embassy Chargé d’Affaires John Law joined Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, National…

Manulife Philippines has recently launched a Health Protect, that provides employees with coverage against critical illness for up to P5 million, to help businesses in the Philippines protect their employee’s…

Pasig City, Philippines – [June 3, 2021] – To help enhance the safety and cleanliness of shared spaces in communities amidst the threat of the pandemic, Clorox Philippines partnered with the…

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has distributed 97,000 antigen kits to help ramp up COVID-19 testing in the National Capital Region Plus bubble. The testing kits were distributed to…

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will give the Philippines an additional $3.5 million to support the rollout of vaccines obtained from the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Initiative…

According to the National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19, it is expected to see a drop in the country’s COVID-19 cases by October or November, once most of the people…

The government is considering converting some quarantine facilities into vaccination sites or evacuations centers as the country prepares to transition into a new normal.  Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) testing czar…

With the expanding availability of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines, a growing number of employers and business establishments around the country have expressed their interest to purchase the same for…

For the protection of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), the government is requiring foreign countries and employers to ensure that those they’re hiring from the Philippines would be vaccinated against COVID-19. …