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DOST reaches Phase 2 clinical trial on candidate drug vs dengue

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Posted at Jan 15 10:08 PM

Science Sec. Fortunato Dela Peña said the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development’s Phase 2 clinical trial has at least 600 volunteers. Read more »

Gov't urged to extend travel ban to prevent entry of new COVID-19 variant

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Updated as of Jan 13 08:41 AM

A research team on Wednesday urged government to extend for 2 weeks the country's travel restrictions on nations with reported cases of a new and more contagious COVID-19 variant. Read more »

Research group sees upward trend in COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila

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Posted at Jan 12 11:06 PM

The Philippine health department urges caution in interpreting COVID-19 data as local researchers observe an upward trend in infections in Metro Manila. Read more »

Vaccine hesitancy in Metro Manila 'alarming, dangerous' - ex-health chief

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Updated as of Jan 06 10:47 AM

A former health secretary on Wednesday expressed concern on the high levels of hesitancy towards getting COVID-19 shots in Metro Manila, saying this could affect the country's efforts to stem the pandemic. Read more »

HK resident with PH travel history may have been infected locally: OCTA Research

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Updated as of Jan 06 12:03 PM

A Hong Kong resident who returned to her country with the new COVID-19 variant after traveling to the Philippines may have contracted it there upon arrival, the OCTA Research Group said Wednesday. Read more »

Maraming taga-NCR may agam-agam magpabakuna vs COVID-19: OCTA survey

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Updated as of Jan 05 11:51 PM

Marami pa ring Pilipino sa Metro Manila ang hindi kumbinsido na magpabakuna laban sa COVID-19, ayon sa isang survey.   Read more »

Bagong COVID-19 variant, malaki ang tsansang nasa Pinas na, ayon sa researcher

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Updated as of Jan 04 09:26 PM

Malaki ang posibilidad na nakapasok na sa bansa ang bagong variant ng COVID-19 na unang na-detect sa United Kingdom (UK), sabi ng isang researcher mula sa OCTA Research Group.   Read more »

None yet in PH: DOH to check COVID-19 specimens from places with new UK variant

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 02 04:16 PM

The health department on Saturday reiterated that the supposedly more infectious COVID-19 variant has not been detected in the country, saying that the specimens of passengers coming from countries where the new strain has been found are still undergoing validation. Read more »

'Very possible' for M. Manila to see 4,000 daily COVID-19 cases after Christmas: researchers

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 23 09:50 PM

A tally of 4,000 new COVID-19 cases per day is "very possible" in Metro Manila after Christmas if the public fails to follow health protocols through the holidays, two members of the academe said on Wednesday. Read more »

Coronavirus reaches end of earth as first outbreak hits Antarctica

Natalia A. Ramos Miranda, Reuters
Posted at Dec 23 05:15 AM

SANTIAGO - The coronavirus has landed in Antarctica, the last continent previously free from COVID-19, Chile's military said this week, as health and army officials scrambled to clear out and quarantine staff from a remote research station surrounded by ocean and icebergs. Read more »

Researchers say COVID-19 holiday surge in Metro Manila has started

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Posted at Dec 22 11:47 PM

A team of Philippine researchers said a feared holiday surge of COVID-19 cases has already begun in Metro Manila.  Read more »

Ilang Metro Manila LGU hinikayat na paigtingin ang mga hakbang kontra COVID-19

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Updated as of Dec 22 07:03 PM

Hinikayat ng isang grupo ng mga eksperto ang ilang local government unit sa Metro Manila na paigtingin ang kanilang mga hakbang laban sa COVID-19 matapos makita ang pagtaas ng bilang ng mga bagong kaso sa rehiyon. Read more »

Metro Manila COVID-19 surge begins ahead of Christmas: OCTA Research

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Posted at Dec 22 08:07 AM

The OCTA Research Group on Tuesday warned that a COVID-19 surge in Metro Manila has begun ahead of the holidays as it urged the public to observe minimum health standards. Read more »

Peligro sa Pasko: COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila could rise to 4,000 a day – research

David Dizon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 07:53 PM

COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila could rise to as high as 4,000 cases a day if the public fails to adhere to pandemic protocols including social distancing, wearing of face masks and shields and fewer interactions during the holidays, a DOH official said Wednesday. Read more »

Kangaroos can learn to communicate with humans, researchers say

Paulina Duran, Reuters
Posted at Dec 16 01:41 PM

Kangaroos can learn to communicate with humans similar to how domesticated dogs do, by using their gaze to "point" and ask for help, researchers said in a study published on Wednesday. Read more »

Local researchers see increase in COVID-19 reproduction rate in NCR

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Posted at Dec 15 11:21 PM

They said they expected the number to spike, as Filipinos gather for holiday celebrations. Read more »

90% of Japanese firms forgo year-end, New Year parties due to virus

Munehisa Tokunaga, Kyodo News
Posted at Dec 13 11:22 AM

Annual parties to look back on a passing year and then another to mark a new year, called "bonenkai" and "shinnenkai," respectively, are treated as important customs in Japan's corporate culture. However, this year, 87.8 percent of 10,059 firms across the country have not scheduled such eating and drinking functions, according to a survey conducted by Tokyo Shoko Research. Read more »

Air pollution from coal-fired PH power plants causing hundreds of deaths per year, says think tank

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Posted at Dec 13 05:28 AM

Isabela Suarez, analyst at Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, said air pollution in the country is a “health crisis in the making.”  Read more »

Propaganda web: Pro-Marcos literature, sites, and online disinformation linked

Enrico Berdos, VERA Files
Posted at Dec 12 04:06 AM

Heritage sites in Ilocos Norte and propaganda books all promoting the “greatness” of dictator Ferdinand Marcos are linked to one another, a study by two University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman researchers from the Marcos Regime Research Group concluded. Read more »

No alcohol for 2 months if taking Russia’s vaccine? DOH says it’s precaution

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 03:20 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Friday said there’s nothing wrong with Russia asking vaccine takers not to drink alcohol before and after being immunized against COVID-19. Read more »