Health

[ad_1] LONDON – The variant of the coronavirus that has swept Britain and beyond in recent months could be deadlier and more communicable, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday. The news came as the United Kingdom (UK) records record deaths from Covid-19, following an increase in cases and hospitalizations …

[ad_1] A pedestrian walks past an official banner of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building on January 22, 2021. Photo: VCG The entire Olympic Movement awaits the opening ceremony on July 23, “International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said in a video message half …

[ad_1] Will the 2020 Tokyo Olympics be held in 2021? That was the plan, after the International Olympic Committee and Japan, the host country, postponed the games last March due to the pandemic. But with the coronavirus still in many parts of the world, and the reality that the global …

[ad_1] THE decision of the Department of National Defense (DND) to unilaterally revoke the 1989 Agreement between the University of the Philippines (UP) and the DND has once again brought to light the notion of academic freedom, still evolving. Particularly in the Philippine context, academic freedom may have been defined …

[ad_1] Good Morning. Joe Biden used the first full day of his presidency to strengthen the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, revealing a “wartime” strategy to combat the virus. Speaking from the White House with Vice President Kamala Harris and America’s leading infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, Biden …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) is seeking the help of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to find the two passengers from the Filipino infected with the UK Covid-19 variant yet to be located. As of Friday, all but two of the 213 identified contacts of …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The Attorney General’s Office (OPG) under the Department of Justice (DOJ) dismissed for lack of probable cause the complaint against Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, accusing him of violating quarantine protocols when accompanying his pregnant wife to a hospital last year despite the possibility that it …

[ad_1] The Department of Tourism (DOT) has allowed several hotels in Metro Manila to open for stays. These hotels have demonstrated the ability to ensure that guests staying at their facilities are safe from the spread of the dreaded virus. While other hotels just grapple with getting that “go sign” …

[ad_1] It is the turn of pharmaceutical companies that produce Covid vaccines, including Sinovac, to confront Senate investigators on Friday for the third Committee of the Whole (COW) hearing on the Duterte government’s vaccine roadmap. The Office of the President of the Senate, Vicente Sotto III, who chairs the COW …

[ad_1] The Department of Justice (DOJ) has dismissed the criminal complaint for alleged violation of quarantine protocols filed against Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III last year. Lawyer Honey Delgado, spokeswoman for the Attorney General’s Office, said that the complaint filed by lawyer Reco Paolo Quicho was dismissed for lack of …