With the rainy season just around the corner, experts from the University of the Philippines Manila (UPM) National Institutes of Health-Institute of Human Genetics (NIH-IHG) unveiled a test kit capable of accurately predicting which leptospirosis patients are at risk of developing serious complications. This test kit will allow medical professionals to better monitor and provide […]
The constant rains and floods bring with them the increased risk of leptospirosis and other diseases. How will this complicate the infection and treatment of COVID-19? Join the UP “Stop COVID Deaths” webinar this Friday, August 6, 2021 at 12 noon to find out.
“It takes 10 to 14 years to develop a vaccine,” says Dr. Nina Gloriani of the University of the Philippines Manila College of Public Health. And that’s not counting the intervening periods where one attends to other professional and personal activities which also require time and attention. Recently however, she and her team have registered the proof of concept for LeptoVax, the first locally produced vaccine against the Leptospirosis bacteria.
The UP College of Medicine (then known as the Philippine Medical School) opens. It predates the opening of the University proper by 3 years.
