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The tobacco industry is employing new ways to attract a new breed of smokers but its products are still harmful to health, say advocates.

The posts mixed recent images with old photos taken way before the pandemic hit the globe.

Israel still has 1,179 active COVID-19 cases as of May 6, according to its Health Ministry.

These studies were conducted, however, to demonstrate ivermectin’s safety and efficacy as an antiparasitic drug and not as a COVID-19 medicine.

Health experts underscored the need to “increase the pace of vaccination” as the Philippines' coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections breached the one million mark on April 26.

The document has not been peer-reviewed and is currently being assessed.

An expert advised against putting a whole garlic clove inside one’s ear.

Akesis Holistic Health’s post also included a misleading claim on the use of the drug abroad, and recommended doses for it.

This is false. Cattle sperm is not among the ingredients of the beverage.

According to clinical optometrist Monalisa Catapang Ocampo, a co-founder of the Philippine Association of Licensed Optometrist (PALO), prolonged exposure to screen time when using gadgets may lead to subconjunctival hemorrhage.

Media personality Raffy Tulfo was wrong in claiming that Health Secretary Francisco Duque III has prevented the private sector from directly purchasing jabs against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from vaccine manufacturers.

A reverse image search revealed that the pictures were taken at least six years ago in southern China.