As the holiday season approaches, it is expected that the number of COVID-19 cases in the country will once again spike. Omicron continues to be the dominant variant, and unfortunately, new subvariants have cropped up anew: XBB, which is a recombinant of BJ.1 (of the BA2.10.1 sublineage) and BM.1.1.1 (of the BA.2.75 sublineage); and BQ.1.1, […]
How should we protect everyone from disease outbreaks during and after a natural disaster between the pandemic and the typhoons that beset the country? Find out in this week’s UP “Stop COVID Deaths” webinar tomorrow, February 4, at noon.
The Omicron variant is sweeping worldwide, causing an exponential increase in cases with a high positivity rate in the country. This year, the first “Stop COVID Deaths” webinar turns squarely on this variant of concern and what we should do about it.
As a fitting year-ender episode, the upcoming UP “Stop COVID Deaths” webinar takes on the question: Will we ever get COVID-19 under control? And how do we prepare for the coming year? Watch the final episode on Friday, 10 December 2021, at 12:00 noon.
The University of the Philippines (UP), in partnership with UP Manila NIH National Telehealth Center and cooperation with UP Philippine General Hospital (PGH), would like to invite you to join the fight against COVID-19. On November 26, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for an urgent meeting to discuss the new variant of concern […]
The UP College of Medicine (then known as the Philippine Medical School) opens. It predates the opening of the University proper by 3 years.
