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Raging virus, few shots. How Brazil missed its chance to secure COVID-19 vaccines

Gabriel Stargardter, Reuters
Posted at Jan 27 08:09 PM

The country's principle strategy - to manufacture 100 million doses of the AstraZeneca PLC vaccine locally - has been plagued by repeated delays. That effort isn't expected to yield a finished product until March at the earliest.    Read more »

20 phrases that defined 2020

Tim Herrera, The New York Times
Updated as of Dec 20 11:55 AM

Happy Blursday! Now quit doomscrolling, grab a quarantini and please keep social distancing. Imagine explaining that sentence to yourself in December 2019. Read more »

Neanderthal genes linked to severe COVID-19

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Posted at Oct 01 05:12 AM

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Read more »

Gov't eyes charges vs group seeking lifting of COVID-19 lockdowns

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 03:39 PM

MANILA - Government is looking into filing charges against a group of doctors and businessmen that earlier called for a lifting of COVID-19 lockdowns, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said Wednesday.   Read more »

Flatten the fear: Doctors' group seeks gradual lifting of lockdowns

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 22 09:52 AM

A group of doctors and businessmen are recommending for preventive healthcare and the gradual lifting of COVID-19 lockdowns in the country, one of its members said Tuesday. Read more »

Event organized by ex-health chief, doctors violated quarantine guidelines — DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 02:25 PM

A group of doctors, including a former health secretary, may face sanctions for holding an event that violated the country’s quarantine guidelines, the Department of Health said on Monday. Read more »

DOH says use of malaria medicine to cure COVID-19 'not recommended'

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 18 04:28 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Friday cautioned against suggestions to use malaria medication hydroxychloroquine to treat or prevent COVID-19. Read more »

Brazil adrift as virus toll approaches 100,000

Paula Ramon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 06 11:14 AM

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Five months after confirming its first case of the new coronavirus, Brazil is fast approaching the bleak milestone of 100,000 deaths from COVID-19, a tragedy experts blame on the country's lack of coherent response. Read more »

Brazil's COVID-19 death toll surpasses 90,000

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 30 08:11 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil registered record daily numbers of infections and deaths from the new coronavirus Wednesday, sending its overall death toll surging past 90,000 people.   Read more »

Trump ditches new tone on coronavirus to tout questionable theories

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 29 11:17 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's much heralded new tone on the coronavirus pandemic evaporated Tuesday in a burst of misleading medical speculation, criticism for his own top virus expert, and praise for an eccentric preacher-doctor touting conspiracy theories. Read more »

Reptilians and 'demon sperm': US viral video doctor's odd beliefs

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 29 08:17 AM

WASHINGTON - A Houston physician who praised hydroxychloroquine as a miracle coronavirus cure in a viral video retweeted by President Donald Trump blames gynecological problems on sex with evil spirits and believes the US government is run by "reptilians." Read more »

Brazil study finds no hydroxychloroquine benefit for COVID-19

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 24 12:40 PM

A study published Thursday on the use of hydroxychloroquine in Brazil to treat COVID-19 found the drug ineffective, the latest blow to President Jair Bolsonaro's push for its widespread use. Read more »

Almost 600 patients in PH participate in clinical trials for COVID-19 treatment

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 06 11:54 PM

There are now almost 600 patients in the Philippines enrolled in the World Health Organization’s clinical trials for possible COVID-19 treatments, according to the Department of Health. Read more »

WHO halts hydroxychloroquine, HIV drugs in COVID trials

Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Updated as of Jul 05 07:32 AM

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that it was discontinuing its trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and combination HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 after they failed to reduce mortality. Read more »

450 patients in PH participating in WHO clinical trials for COVID-19 treatment

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 06:11 PM

There are now a total of 450 patients in the Philippines who are receiving off-label drugs to treat COVID-19, the Department of Health said on Thursday.   Read more »

361 Philippine patients join WHO clinical trials for COVID-19 treatment

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 30 04:30 PM

The Philippines has 361 COVID-19 patients enrolled in the World Health Organization’s multi-country Solidarity Trial, President Rodrigo Duterte said in his report to Congress on Monday.   Read more »

Novartis halts malaria drug trial against COVID-19 amid participant shortfall

John Miller, Reuters
Posted at Jun 20 08:48 PM

ZURICH - Swiss drugmaker Novartis is halting its trial of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) against COVID-19 after struggling to find participants, it said on Friday, as data emerged from other studies raising doubts about its efficacy. Read more »

WHO says looking at interim trial data on HIV drugs to treat COVID-19

Kate Kelland and Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Posted at Jun 18 08:51 PM

LONDON/GENEVA - Large multi-country trials of the combination HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir to treat COVID-19 have recruited thousands of patients and the World Health Organization is now looking at interim data, the UN agency's chief scientist said on Thursday. Read more »

WHO halts trial of malaria drug in COVID-19 patients

Kate Kelland and Emma Farge, Reuters
Posted at Jun 18 09:27 AM

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that testing of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in its large multi-country trial of treatments for COVID-19 patients had been halted after new data and studies showed no benefit.   Read more »

More Filipino patients join WHO clinical trials for COVID-19 treatment

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 17 08:00 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Wednesday said the country now has 288 patients participating in the World Health Organization’s clinical trials in search for effective COVID-19 treatments.  Read more »