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[ad_1] Compare this to the risks of a real COVID-19 infection, which we know is quite serious. Even young, healthy people can get serious illnesses and die. A third of patients who recover from COVID-19 may have “long-lasting” symptoms, such as profound fatigue, neurological effects, and autoimmune syndromes. If I …

[ad_1] A senior official from the Department of Health (DoH) insists that his data confidentiality agreement (CDA) with the American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer was for data sharing and does not imply supplying the Philippines with its vaccine against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19 ). The Undersecretary of Health, María Rosario …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Despite AstraZeneca pulling out of the country’s clinical trials, the Philippines may consider negotiating the possible COVID-19 vaccine made by the British drugmaker and Russia’s Gamaleya Institute, an official with the Department of Science and Technology said on Friday. Technology (DOST). This after the DOST Undersecretary, …

[ad_1] Manila, Philippines – If President Rodrigo Duterte really wanted to secure the Pfizer vaccine early, why did it take him two months to allow the advance payment to be made to the American pharmaceutical giant? On September 4, a multi-agency meeting, including the Office of the President, was held …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The government is not exercising any favoritism in purchasing vaccines for the 2019 coronavirus disease, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Thursday. In an interview on the ABS-CBN news channel, Duque said that the procurement of the vaccines and even the conduct of clinical trials in …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – As nations scrambled to get doses of the coronavirus vaccine from drug makers, the Philippine Health chief had been accused of “dropping the ball” by acquiring the vaccine deal with a drugmaker. based in the United States. The serious accusations made by Senator Panfilo Lacson against …

[ad_1] A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a “COVID-19 Coronavirus Vaccine” sticker and a medical syringe in front of the Pfizer logo shown in this illustration taken on October 30, 2020. REUTERS / Dado Ruvic / Photo archive MANILA, Philippines – The US pharmaceutical company never promised to …

[ad_1] Hungarian-born scientist Katalin Kariko’s obsession with researching a substance called mRNA to fight disease once cost her a position on the faculty of a prestigious American university, which dismissed the idea as a dead end. Katalin Kariko spent much of the 1990s writing grant applications to fund her research …

[ad_1] All New Zealanders will be able to receive a Covid-19 vaccine with 15 million doses now secured with the launch planned to begin in the second half of next year. The government is also working “very closely” with Australia to secure deployment in the Pacific, Ardern said. The Government …

[ad_1] Only one document that Health Secretary Francisco Duque III failed to present caused the Philippines to miss the opportunity to acquire 10 million doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in early January, an opportunity that eventually went to Singapore. Senator Panfilo Lacson made the disclosure Wednesday night when he pointed …