Health

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Infrawatch PH, a group of nongovernmental policy experts, raised more red flags Tuesday over the government’s Manila Bay rehabilitation project, saying it lacked an Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) and was likely too expensive, and the sole bidder didn’t even offer a discount. The project, which involved …

[ad_1] (CNN) – The British government is exploring the possibility of clinical trials in which volunteers deliberately expose themselves to the coronavirus to test the effectiveness of vaccine candidates, the UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) revealed on Wednesday in a release. “We are working with partners …

[ad_1] President Rodrigo Duterte The Philippines is committed to ratifying the United Nations treaty to ban nuclear weapons, President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday. In his speech during the high-level general debate of the UN General Assembly, the president explained that nothing justifies the use of nuclear weapons, which he described …

[ad_1] BORACAY Island will further open its doors to more local tourists on October 1, signaling the continued resurgence of domestic tourism across the country. This development came about as a result of a special meeting called by the directors of the Boracay Inter-Institutional Working Group (BIATF) headed by its …

[ad_1] On Thursday, September 17, 2020, the New York Times broke the news that the official coronavirus testing guide from the Center for Disease Control, which deterred people without symptoms from getting tested, actually came from the Department of Health and Human Services, without the knowledge or approval of the …

[ad_1] The Department of Tourism (DOT) is looking to reopen most major tourist destinations before the end of the year. In an interview on ANC News on Wednesday, Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo Puyat said: “Hopefully, all tourist destinations under a modified GCQ [general community quarantine] will be open to [tourists] …

[ad_1] This September 2020 photo provided by Johnson & Johnson shows a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the company. Johnson & Johnson is beginning a final large study to try to show whether the single-dose vaccine can protect against the coronavirus. (Cheryl Gerber / Courtesy of Johnson & Johnson …

[ad_1] Credit: Unsplash / CC0 Public Domain With COVID-19 vaccines currently in the final phase of the study, you’ve probably been wondering how the FDA will decide whether a vaccine is safe and effective. Based on the status of the phase 3 trials currently underway, it is unlikely that the …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The social media giant Facebook on Wednesday released some screenshots of posts supporting President Rodrigo Duterte and his daughter, Davao Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, which were created by fake accounts tracked to people. of Fujian province in China. Facebook closed the pages and accounts for “coordinated inauthentic …

[ad_1] PBA players entering the league bubble will be screened weekly as part of the strict protocols to be upheld throughout the two-month Philippine Cup. Dr. Raúl Canlas, head of the league’s medical committee that will oversee the implementation of health guidelines within the bubble at Clark Freeport, said Wednesday …