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[ad_1] LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – DECEMBER 16: Dr. David Obert raises his thumb after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada on December 16, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada. UMCSN received its first vaccine assignment on Monday and began vaccinating its front-line workers treating …

[ad_1] The Department of Health (DoH) is closely monitoring Metro Manila after 12 cities in the capital region recorded an alarming increase in cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Undersecretary of Health María Rosario Vergiere said in a media forum Wednesday that initially eight cities posted a reproduction number, or …

[ad_1] HEALTH Secretary Francisco T. Duque III denied on Wednesday that “someone dropped the ball” on Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for negotiations, which he said are still ongoing. In a media forum, Duque was asked to react to a tweet from Foreign Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin Jr. on Tuesday about the …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) has appointed Ayala group corporate, consumer and investment banking veteran, José Teodoro “TG” Limcaoco, as its new president and CEO effective April 22, 2021. Limcaoco, 58, current CFO of parent conglomerate Ayala Corp., will succeed Cezar “Bong” Consing, who …

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication in conjunction with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a structurally representative model of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to COVID-19, better known as the coronavirus linked to the outbreak of Wuhan, shared with Reuters on …

[ad_1] The title of the UAAP 2015 of FEU Tamaraws narrated in a book Rick Olivares (Philstar.com) – December 16, 2020 – 1:45 pm MANILA, Philippines – A book was released on December 2 celebrating the Far Eastern University Tamaraws race to the 2015 UAAP men’s basketball championship. Titled Dugout …

[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] 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] 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] THE early history of vaccines is a field dominated by men. Science, which is currently showing spectacular results, is now led by women. Therein lies a lesson in talent allocation. Consider the history of the mRNA vaccine, which is the technology foundation for the Moderna and Pfizer / BioNTech …