DOH, WHO say PH polio outbreak ‘officially over’

MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday declared that the polio outbreak in the Philippines has officially ended. In...

Origins of SARS-CoV-2: Why the lab-leak idea is being considered again

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are been various hypotheses to explain the origin of SARS-CoV-2. So far, none of these hypotheses have shown...

Smokers warned of severe case of Covid-19

CEBU CITY – A Department of Health (DOH)-Region 7 official on Thursday urged local government units (LGU) to ramp up the campaign against smoking amid the coronavirus disease...

AstraZeneca second dose: Should I get the same vaccine or choose Pfizer or Moderna?

People in Canada whose first dose of COVID-19 vaccine was AstraZeneca have a choice to make: They can either choose one of the mRNA vaccines (Pfizer...

Increases in dementia will drive long-term care reform

Canada’s philosophy and approach to supporting seniors in long-term care (LTC) needs a fundamental re-think, including how, why and when people access LTC. We’ve just begun...

PH Covid-19 recovery tally reaches 1.15M

Prince Harry saga: what advice would Carl Jung give?

Prince Harry recently received attention for releasing photos of himself undergoing psychotherapy. But if Swiss psychologist Carl Jung was alive today, he’d be telling those following...

Opioids Like ‘Lean’ Permeate Hip-Hop Culture, but Dangers Are Downplayed

Nykerrius Williams knows about the close relationship between hip-hop and opioid use. Williams, 27, an independent rapper from Gibsland, Louisiana, who goes by the name Young...

Pandemic Leads Doctors to Rethink Unnecessary Treatment

Covid-19 is opening the door for researchers to address a problem that has vexed the medical community for decades: the overtreatment and unnecessary treatment of patients....

Here are answers to 3 persistent questions about the coronavirus’s origins

U.S. President Biden has joined the chorus of calls for more investigation Controversy is once again swirling around the origins of the coronavirus behind the COVID-19...