Worst is over with pandemic amid soaring cases—expert
The worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is really over because of the country’s high vaccination rate, an infectious diseases expert ...
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Gov’t urged to get ‘improved’ vax for booster shots
The government should get reformulated COVID-19 vaccines if it plans to administer booster doses in the future, infectious disease health ...
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Delta strain: ‘Scary, dangerous’
The Delta variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is "very dangerous" as it can spread with just "fleeting contact," ...
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Breakthrough
"Our recovery will be stronger, says the Finance Secretary." The chief of the Philippines’ economic team, Finance Secretary ...
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Vax rollout way off target
Only about 2 million people out of the Philippines' 109.48 million population have been fully inoculated against COVID-19, almost three ...
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True value of a vaccine
"Are we that attached to our racial bias?" From the 1800s to the Cold War, history shows that politics and ...
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