Tag: COVID19
HIV ‘a silent epidemic’ amid COVID pandemic, says health advocate
The COVID-19 pandemic has overshadowed the HIV-AIDS issue after the government declared a national health emergency in 2020
Shanghai says ‘zero-Covid’ achieved but millions still in lockdown
Confronted with its worst outbreak since the start of the pandemic, China put the city of 25 million under heavy restrictions in early April
Climate change creating new virus hotspots ‘in our backyard’
There are currently at least 10,000 viruses that have the capacity to cross over into humans "circulating silently" among wild mammals
SPOTLIGHT: Making coffee to sweeten bitter lives of Manila’s drug war...
In a small stall in the middle of a party place in a suburb of the Philippine capital, a group of women keep their pain in silence
Sumunod sa ‘safety health protocols’ sa Semana Santa, paalala ng mga...
Bukod sa pananalangin, mahalaga rin ang patuloy na pagsunod sa mga ipinatutupad na “safety health protocols”
Video: Pope Francis offers prayers for healthcare workers in poor countries
This April, Pope Francis is praying for healthcare workers, especially those who help the sick and elderly in poor countries
Political leaders, Big Pharma betray promises of fair recovery from pandemic...
States, “alongside corporate titans,” have driven deeper global inequality “in what amounts to one of the greatest betrayals of our times”
Half of Shanghai in lockdown to curb COVID-19 outbreak
Authorities are imposing a two-phase lockdown of the city of about 25 million people to carry out mass testing
The ‘new normal’ is no different from the old one
In many ways, our society has adjusted to the so-called “new normal.” The question is, “How did the new normal make our lives better?"
Nearly 30 million under lockdown in China as virus surges
Scenes of closed neighborhoods, panic buying and police cordons cast back to the early phase of the pandemic, which first emerged in China