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BusinessWorld May 24, 2021 | 6:34 pm FREEPIK Discussions continue in many parts of the country on the easing of mobility restrictions to reopen the economy, restore its health, and bring back jobs and the livelihood of many. However, economic recovery will only happen once public health is restored and for that to occur, vaccine hesitation has to be overcome by many. In a study by the EON Group and its research partner, Tangere, out of 4,400 respondents, 64% are still unconvinced about getting vaccinated. The primary reasons for hesitancy are fear of the long-term side effects...

Facing soaring construction costs, Habitat for Humanity 7 Rivers Maine creates 2-month long Walk to Build Habitat for Humanity 7 Rivers Maine’s 28 th Annual Spring Walk to Build will kick off Sunday, May 2, 1 p.m. at the Dipper Cove Clubhouse in Orr’s Island, and conclude June 30, with several small COVID safe walk events scheduled in between. Habitat is asking folks to choose a date anytime between May 2 and June 30 and pick a location where they can still practice safe social distancing. Hundreds of local walk participants and area business sponsors are expected to raise over $60,000 f...

Healthcare & PharmaceuticalsPhilippines sees 10,000 new COVID-19 cases as tight curbs return to capital ReutersNeil Morales 3 minutes read Police officers man a checkpoint as the country's capital returns to stricter lockdown measures amid rising coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David The Philippine passed the 10,000 mark for new daily coronavirus infections for the first time on Monday and put its capital region back on one of its toughest levels of lockdown, to try to tackle a spike in cases that is testing i...

Published April 11, 2021 3:48pm Doctors on Friday continued to debate the merits of ivermectin in a fireside chat organized by the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering. During the Zoom session, Dr. Tess Lawrie of The Evidence-Based Medicine Consultancy Ltd. presented her analysis of studies that looked into the use of ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment. Citing her meta-analysis, there were few serious adverse events (SAEs) recorded during ivermectin use during these studies. Citing data from VigiAccess, an international database of adverse events, Lawrie noted that only...

(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Co said several factors, most importantly the healthcare sector, should be to be taken into consideration before deciding to ease COVID-19 restrictions. “It is not just the numbers,” he said during a DZBB interview. “Kasi pwede bumaba ang reproduction number pero kung sampung libo ang kaso at ang reproduction number mo ay 1 ibig sabihin may sampung libo [kaso] ka araw-araw. (Because the reproduction number can go down but if there are 10,000 cases and your reproduction number is 1, it means you still have 10,000 cases every day),” Co explained. “Kasi hi...