[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Attention Consumers: It may not be real honey you are buying. Researchers at the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology have found that at least three of the four brands of honey sold in the Philippines are either not pure …
Read More »DoST finds that 82% of honey for sale at PHL is fake
[ad_1] PHOTO COURTESY OF WILDBIENE + PARTNER RESEARCHERS affiliated with the Department of Science and Technology (DoST) have found that approximately 82% of honey products sold in the Philippines are actually sugar or corn syrups. Angel T. Bautista VII, a researcher at the Philippine Institute of Nuclear Research, said that …
Read More »Slaoui Says Modern Vaccine ‘Probably’ Approved By The End Of The Week
[ad_1] In an interview with Fox News Sunday, Moncef Slaoui, director of the federal vaccine initiative Operation Warp Speed, said Moderna’s vaccine “would likely be approved on Friday.” On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the two-dose vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech for emergency use. Slaoui repeated …
Read More »AstraZeneca Oks 3M Vaccine Dosage – The Manila Times
[ad_1] Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has agreed to supply the Philippines with more than 3 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine through the private sector, Presidential Advisor for Entrepreneurship José María “Joey” Concepción 3 said on Sunday. He said AstraZeneca approved the second part of the vaccine donation agreement with the …
Read More »Most of the honey sold in the markets contains sugar syrup: DOST
[ad_1] Most or 80 percent of the honey products sold in markets contain sugar and corn syrups, according to a study by the Department of Science and Technology. MANILA – Most or 80 percent of the honey products sold in the markets contain sugar and corn syrup, which threatens the …
Read More »Covid-19 hospitalizations in the US hit a record for the seventh consecutive day
[ad_1] (CNN) Covid-19 hospitalizations in the United States hit a record for the seventh consecutive day on Saturday with 108,487 patients in hospitals across the country, according to the Covid Tracking Project. And the number of Covid-19 cases reported in the United States reached more than 16 million after the …
Read More »Huawei doubts open doors for Japan’s telecoms players
[ad_1] BANGKOK – Suspicions that Huawei Technologies’ telecommunications equipment could serve as a back door for Chinese espionage have helped breathe new life into a Japanese tech ecosystem long believed to be dying. Several companies that prospered under the wing of Japan’s former national telecommunications monopoly, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone …
Read More »AstraZeneca, developer of Sputnik V, explores the possibility of combining Covid-19 vaccines
[ad_1] British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca unveiled plans to collaborate with Russia’s Sputnik V developer, Moscow-based Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, and explore whether its two coronavirus vaccines could be successfully combined. “Today we announce a program of clinical trials to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of the AZD1222 …
Read More »CDC Vaccine Advisors Vote to Recommend Pfizer / BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine in the United States
[ad_1] (CNN) – The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to recommend the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for people 16 years of age and older, bringing the United States a step closer to vaccinating millions of people. Eleven members of …
Read More »Hybrid cultivation to guarantee supply of coconut for VCO
[ad_1] Since Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) was announced to be beneficial in preventing probable and suspected Covid-19 cases from worsening, the continuous supply of quality coconuts is being prepared by planting hybrid coconuts. “With all the recent rumors about the efficacy of VCO in decreasing symptoms of Covid-19 patients, demand …
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