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(Eagle News) – The Philippines will soon have its own Center for Disease Control and Prevention as well as a vaccine institute to better prepare the country in view of more global health emergencies. President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., assured this on Monday, July 26, during his first State of the Nation Address (SONA), pushing the creation of these agencies that were first called for by his predecessor, former President Rodrigo Duterte. He called […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 26, called on Congress to pass a law creating the Center for Disease Prevention and Control, and the Virology and Vaccine Institute in the Philippines. The President made the call during his sixth and final State of the Nation Address made against the backdrop of a pandemic brought about by the COVID-19 virus first discovered in Wuhan, China only in 2019. Earlier, the Department of Health […]
(Eagle News) – The country’s very own premier research institute in the field of virology will soon rise in New Clark City, according to COVID-19 testing czar and Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) president Vince Dizon. In a statement, Dizon said that the Philippines’ first virology research institute building will be built by nexr year after this proposal by the Department of Science and Technology was included in the administration’s list of infrastructure […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Experiments in lab animals have shown signs of success for a newly engineered flu virus that may lead one day to a more effective vaccine, researchers said Thursday. Trials in humans are still a long way off, but the report in the US journal Science earned praise from experts who described it as a promising first step toward better prevention of the flu. The World Health Organization considers the flu […]
