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AstraZeneca: 3rd jab 'significantly' boosts Omicron antibodies

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 23 06:03 PM

AstraZeneca said that a third, or "booster", dose of its COVID-19 vaccine "significantly" lifted antibody levels against Omicron in a study. Read more »

Bongbong's Oxford degree a 43-year-old lie—Vera Files

Rowena Cos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 02 07:18 PM

(UPDATED) Ferdinand Marcos Sr. knew that his son 'Bongbong' could no longer continue his residency as Oxford University, based on documents left at the Palace in 1986 and probed by independent media organization Vera Files. Read more »

Oxford confirms Marcos Jr. failed to get degree

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 28 12:38 AM

The University of Oxford confirmed Wednesday that Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. failed to complete his degree. Read more »

Marcos camp stands by Bongbong's Oxford degree

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 02:16 PM

In a statement, Atty. Vic Rodriguez, Bongbong Marcos' chief-of-staff, challenged people to prove otherwise Oxford's 'degree confirmation' to him. Read more »

Oxford University explores anti-parasitic drug ivermectin as COVID-19 treatment

Reuters
Posted at Jun 23 07:25 AM

The University of Oxford said on Wednesday it was testing anti-parasitic drug ivermectin as a possible treatment for COVID-19, as part of a British government-backed study that aims to aid recoveries in non-hospital settings. Read more »

‘Landmark’ advance, as malaria vaccine first to hit WHO goal

Anna Malpas, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 24 04:13 AM

A new malaria vaccine has proven 77 percent effective in trials on infants, British researchers said Friday, in what could prove to be a potential game-changer against the deadly mosquito-borne disease.   Read more »

Loved by students, scholars and writers for 450 years, Oxford pub succumbs to COVID-19

Gerhard Mey and Eddie Keogh, Reuters
Posted at Jan 26 01:49 PM

The Lamb and Flag, once frequented by the likes of "Lord of the Rings" author J.R.R. Tolkien and his friend C.S. Lewis, who wrote "The Chronicles of Narnia", has suffered a disastrous loss of revenues since the start of the pandemic.   Read more »

Easy, cheap to produce AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine appears effective

Rebecca Robbins and Benjamin Mueller, The New York Times
Updated as of Nov 24 10:21 AM

AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford announced on Monday that their inexpensive, easy-to-produce coronavirus vaccine appears effective, the latest in a string of encouraging results this month from leading vaccine developers. Read more »

Virus vaccine hopes raised by fresh trials

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 16 08:16 PM

Hopes of an effective COVID-19 vaccine being developed in the near future have been raised after 2 separate studies showed potential positive results, British media reported Thursday. Read more »