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Category: Health

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    Categories Health News Seeing through the Smoke

    Health experts, anti-tobacco advocates air last-minute appeal: Junk vape bill

    By Klaire Ting  |  Dec 15, 2021 10:48 PM

    In separate forums organized by civil society organizations ImagineLaw and SinTax Coalition on Dec. 14 and 15, doctors and health advocates also called on President Rodrigo Duterte to be consistent with his stand against vaping by vetoing the bill when it reaches his desk for his signature.

    smoking, vape bill

  • Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Fact Sheet Health NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Why fully vaccinated people still get infected with COVID-19

    By VERA Files  |  Sep 21, 2021 2:42 PM

    As cases continue to grow in the country during the second half of 2021, misinformed claims that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines are “ineffective and unsafe” keep circulating on social media.

    COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Health News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Actor Pen Medina’s claim that COVID-19 virus can get into ‘any mask’ needs context

    By VERA Files  |  Sep 03, 2021 2:06 PM

    Disagreeing on the use of face masks as protective gear, actor Crispin “Pen” Medina claimed the novel coronavirus “can go through any mask” because it is extremely small. This lacks context.

    covid-19PH, face mask, Pen Medina

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Fact Sheet Health NED FC News

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Inside the proposed health agencies for virology and disease control

    By VERA Files  |  Aug 26, 2021 5:20 PM

    Almost two years into the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, variants of the novel coronavirus are getting “fitter and better” at transmission in humans, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

    CDC, COVID-19, health agency, VIP, virology and disease control

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Health News

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What happens to wasted COVID-19 vaccines?

    By VERA Files  |  Jul 31, 2021 2:44 PM

    Locally, vaccine wastage often happens due to “oversight in the monitoring of vaccine storage temperatures.”

    COVID-19, vaccine

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    Categories Editor's Pick FACT CHECK Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: COVID-19 vaccines DO NOT HAVE ‘magneto proteins’ that make people ‘magnetic’

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 03, 2021 11:55 PM

    None of the ingredients in any of the vaccines are sources of electric and magnetic fields (EMFs), according to a team of health experts from global technology nonprofit Meedan.

    COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, COVID19PH, magneto proteins, magnets

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    Categories FACT CHECK Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: COVID-19 vaccines DO NOT cause ‘stronger infection’, variants

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 03, 2021 7:41 PM

    “We haven’t observed anyone that has been given the vaccine and yet produced more symptoms,” said Rontgene Solante, infectious disease specialist and a member of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Vaccine Expert Panel in a May 21 interview.

    COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, COVID-19 variants, COVID19PH

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    Categories FACT CHECK Health

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Anti-vax doctor, ex-education Usec peddle falsehoods about COVID-19 jabs

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 03, 2021 2:24 PM

    “The vaccine does not inject the virus itself,” said Rontgene Solante, infectious disease specialist and member of the Vaccine Expert Panel of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in a May 21 interview.

    COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, COVID19PH

  • vffs-fetal-cell-lines-in-vaccination-research.jpg
    Categories FACT CHECK Health News

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The use of fetal cell lines in vaccine research

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 02, 2021 6:53 PM

    As the Philippine government continues to roll out coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines to its target of 70 million people, anti-vaccine advocates shared a social media post in May wrongly claiming COVID-19 vaccines contain fetal tissue.

    fetal cell lines, vaccine, vaccine research

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK Health News

    Ano ang tama sa taba?: Fast facts about fats

    By VERA FILES  |  Jun 01, 2021 6:54 AM

    In this video, VERA Files Fact Check takes a deeper look into three facts about fats and how they affect one’s health.

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