Breast and cervical cancer control in PHL: Opportunities for improvement
By Teodoro B. Padilla
Breast cancer surpassed lung cancer as the most frequent newly diagnosed cancer worldwide in 2020, and the incidence and mortality of cervical cancer, the...
US says stolen COVID relief funds seized so far top $1.4 bln
WASHINGTON - The US Justice Department said on Wednesday it has seized over $1.4 billion in COVID-19 relief funds that criminals had stolen, and...
US FDA approves Pfizer’s maternal RSV vaccine to protect infants
The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Pfizer’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for use in women during the middle of the...
Biden administration to urge Americans get new COVID-19 boosters
WASHINGTON - The Biden administration plans to urge all Americans to get a booster shot for the coronavirus this autumn to counter a new wave of infections, a White House official said on Sunday.
The official said that while the Centers...
Empowering patients for enhanced healthcare
By Teodoro B. Padilla
In recent years, patient-centered care has been the center of discussion in the healthcare community as well as a buzzword for excellence in care...
Japan’s Daiichi Sankyo gets approval for COVID vaccine, first for country
TOKYO — A Japanese health ministry panel recommended approval for Daiichi Sankyo’s 4568.T mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine in what would be the nation’s first home-grown...
US judges block bans on transgender youth healthcare in Kentucky, Tennessee
Federal judges in Kentucky and Tennessee on Wednesday blocked state laws prohibiting the use of puberty-blocking drugs and hormones for transgender children from taking effect while lawsuits challenging the bans proceed.
They...
Over $200 billion potentially stolen from US COVID relief programs, watchdog says
WASHINGTON - Over $200 billion from the US government's COVID-19 relief programs were potentially stolen, a federal watchdog said on Tuesday, adding that the US Small Business Administration (SBA) had weakened its controls in a rush to disburse the...
First US malaria cases diagnosed in decades in Florida and Texas
Five cases of malaria have been confirmed in Florida and Texas, the first time the potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease has been locally acquired in the United States in 20 years, the Centers for...
Indian gov’t seeks to mainstream adoption of Ayurvedic medicine in PHL
THE INDIAN embassy in Manila on Thursday said it will be working with the Philippine government to mainstream the practice of Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of medicine, in the country.
Cancer vaccines poised to unlock ‘new treatment paradigm’ with Merck/Moderna data
CHICAGO - Adding an experimental mRNA-based vaccine from Moderna Inc. and Merck & Co. reduced the risk that the most deadly skin cancer would spread by 65%...
Roche looking to sell or shut down California biologic drug plant
Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG plans to sell its 800-employee drug manufacturing plant in Vacaville, California, or it will shut the factory by 2029, according...