Health

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Lawmakers have allocated P72.5 billion in funding as the government plans to inoculate 24 million against the novel coronavirus in 2021. But as the health crisis landscape continues to unfold, concern grows that the Philippines may be behind in securing supplies. A global tracker has estimated …

[ad_1] The Ministry of Education appreciates the approval of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and the Cabinet of the implementation of pilot classes in person in very select schools within areas with low risk of COVID-19 for the entire month of January 2021. The pilot implementation will only take place in …

[ad_1] Sweden has been an outlier in the global pandemic: it avoided closed closings and mostly kept restaurants, bars, schools, cinemas and gyms open. And although death rates were high compared to their Nordic neighbors, they were comparable to those of the largest European countries. Now a second wave has …

[ad_1] 0 of 7 Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press Next year’s biggest NBA mystery is over. On Tuesday morning, two-time reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo announced that he plans to sign a five-year supermax extension with the Milwaukee Bucks. The announcement comes less than a week before the Dec. 21 …

[ad_1] The World Health Organization said Tuesday that it is in talks with Pfizer and Moderna about including their high-tech coronavirus vaccines among the first hits for poor countries at affordable prices. The WHO-backed Covax facility, created to ensure equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines around the world as they become …

[ad_1] Two comments posted yesterday on JAMA and a press release from the University of Michigan offer insights from behavioral science and other fields to drive acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine in the United States and discuss the ethics of continuing placebo arms in vaccine trials against the coronavirus that …

[ad_1] Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 16) – President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Japan’s new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga reaffirmed their shared commitment to further expand and deepen the ties of the two countries in various areas of cooperation. The two heads of state spoke for the first time in …

[ad_1] Fatou Bensouda —AFP Critics of President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday that International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda’s report that there was a “reasonable basis to believe” that he and his subordinates committed crimes against humanity in the bloody war against drugs meant that they could soon be forced …

[ad_1] HOW WILL THEY KISS? Makati Mayor Abby Binay presides over a mass wedding Tuesday at the city’s Washington Sycip Park. She and the couples wear masks and face shields to protect against the new coronavirus. The government’s coronavirus response task force has decreed the use of face shields in …

[ad_1] A medical worker, dressed in a protective suit and a mask, administers a nasal swab to a patient at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing center in Reze, near Nantes, France, on December 15, 2020 REUTERS / Stephane Mahe SARTROUVILLE, France – The head of a French nursing home, Yann …