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Positive results for potential first chikungunya vaccine

French-Austrian drugmaker Valneva's vaccine candidate against chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus which causes occasional outbreaks across the world, showed promising results in a large new trial, a study said on Tuesday.

Google introduces AI chatbot service

Search engine giant Google introduced on Monday, Feb. 6, Bard, its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot service.

National scientist, ex-DENR chief Angel Alcala dies

National scientist and former Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Angel Alcala passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 1, the Silliman University (SU) confirmed.

Filipino scientist inducted into UK’s Royal Society of Arts

Filipino scientist Glenn Banaguas has been inducted into the prestigious Royal Society of Art (RSA), becoming the first science diplomat from the country to become a fellow of the organization.

CHED lifts moratorium of nursing programs

The Commission on Higher Education lifted on Wednesday, July 13, the moratorium on nursing programs implemented in 2011 due to the “oversupply” of nursing graduates.

RITM can now test for monkeypox

The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) announced on Monday, June 20, that they are now equipped to detect monkeypox with realtime polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test.

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