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With Twitter crop gone, podcast account shares graphic with ivermectin reminder InterAksyon 5 hrs ago A Twitter account of a podcast took advantage of the microblogging platform’s removal of automatic image cropping by sharing an infographic about ivermectin amid interest in it as a supposed treatment for COVID-19. Teka Teka News, a podcast by PumaPodcast, shared information about the anti-parasitic drug which is currently registered as a veterinary product for animal treatment. “Twitter crop is gone, this is your reminder that ivermectin is not an antiviral medication,” it said i...

Senate might look into ivermectin issue – Sotto enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 6) — Amid conflicting claims on the use of anti-parasitic drug ivermectin in treating COVID-19, Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said he might push for a legislative inquiry to settle the issue. In a media briefing on Thursday, Sotto said even doctors are divided on the veterinary drug, which has not been registered with the country’s Food and Drug Administration for human use. The FDA gave six hospitals compassionate special permits to administer ivermectin...

Senate President Vicente C. Sotto IIII on Thursday said it is possible that people might be tempted to suspect that foreign influence is behind the reluctance of country’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) to grant emergency use authority of Ivermectin as cure of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). On a

(AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In a joint statement Wednesday night, May 6, HPAAC said claims by supporters that Ivermectin is effective and safe from side effects remain based on “low quality evidence.” Citing a report by the Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (PSMID), HPAAC reiterated that “there is no strong, conclusive evidence to recommend Ivermectin” to COVID-19 patients. In April, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted special permits to six hospitals to use the anti-parasitic drug on COVID-19 patients. However, according to HPAAC, the permit “does n...

(AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor and Sagip Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta gave away Ivermectin capsules to residents of Quezon City last week. “I think the people, the politicians, the doctors, who administered the Ivermectin are liable and should be investigated and charges should be filed against them if found that there’s a probable cause that violated the law,” Dr. Esperanza Cabral said in an interview with ANC. In April, the Food and Drug Administration granted special permits to six hospitals to use Ivermectin on COVID-19 patients. However, the...