The Vape Law – how much of a danger is it to our kids and what can we do now?
The news that the Vape Bill, short for Senate Bill 2239 or the “Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Act”, had lapsed into law last...
Statement of Dr. Anthony Leachon before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee (October 19, 2021)
(We are reproducing in full the statement read by Dr. Anthony Leachon last October 19, 2021 at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the...
More doctors join the expression of indignation and calls to action
6 past Department of Health (DOH) secretaries 3 past DOH undersecretaries Several past presidents and leaders of medical societies In total, around 470 doctors (and...
Finally! The health sector is collectively calling out against corruption and its voice is LOUD AND CLEAR!
Is this the tipping point? For the longest time, I had been quite frustrated with the medical profession. It was pretty obvious that the pandemic...
Patient groups call for ‘Bakuna, Now Na’
PAPO kicks off Unity Statement to increase vaccination uptake, decrease hesitancy The Philippine Alliance of Patient Organizations (PAPO), representing 38 patient groups in the country,...
Ingat Angat Bakuna Lahat to support the vaccination program vs. Covid-19
According to a Pulse Asia survey, the top three reasons for refusing vaccination were: uncertainty over its safety, unsureness of its effectiveness and not needing it...
#ChecktheFAQs campaign to fight vaccine misinformation
There is growing pressure for social media platforms to do more to combat vaccine hoaxes and misinformation. Facebook, Google, TikTok and Twitter are supporting the...
Tackling vaccine hesitancy
Understanding Covid-19 and vaccines has been so far, the focus of my social media posts. Recently, I finished a four-week online course in a forum...
April 2 is fact checking day. Understand how Covid-19 vaccines work.
Lies interspersed with part truths is what hypnotically fools people. “The enemy of truth is not the outright lie, because an outright lie is easy...
Join us at a webinar on “Countering Infodemics in this Pandemic”, December 14
You are invited to a webinar on “Countering Infodemics in this Pandemic” to be mounted by the European Union, on Dec 14, 4-6 pm Interested...
Public’s right to know in the fight vs Covid-19
If not for the huge validation backlog, the Philippines would soon be on its way to having the most number of confirmed cases of the...
Pause. #TakeCareBeforeYouShare . The fight against #COVID19 is also a fight against misinformation.
On World Social Media Day on June 30, the United Nations expressed its hope to reach billions of social media users with this new message...
A day in the life of a health care worker in the time of Covid-19
My heart goes out to all the health care workers. Our health care workers need all the support. They are the frontliners in taking care...
The Rufus Drama and Weak House Leadership
Congresswoman Kimi Cojuangco was right, we always see the same Representatives monopolizing the plenary session to deliberately delay proceedings on RH Bill. Just this afternoon,...
On Privilege Speeches and Delaying the RH Bill
It is sad how some of our Representatives would delay a long overdue bill for the sake of delaying it. These past few days, I...