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The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) of the Department of Health (DOH) is set to complete its PHP 32.88-million study on the community seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, by the fourth quarter of this year.

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) funded the research through the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PHP 14.94 million), AHEAD-HPSR or “Advancing Health through Evidence Assisted Decision through Health Policy and Systems Research” (PHP 11.43 million), and ARCHER or “Addressing and Responding to COVID-19 through Health Research” (PHP 6.51 million).

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Considered as the Tree of Life, the coconut never stops giving. Right now, with the global health crisis, this has been proven again that the coconut could offer life-saving solution to fight COVID-19 in the form of virgin coconut oil (VCO).

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On 28 July 2021, the House of Representatives passed on the third and final reading House Bill 9559 proposing the creation of the Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines or VIP.

To be under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), it is envisioned to become "the premier research and development institute in the field of virology, encompassing all areas in viruses and viral diseases in humans, plants, and animals.” The institute will also be tasked to conduct product research for diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines.

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Following its launch on 16 June 2021, the Advanced Mechatronics, Robotics, and Industrial Automation Laboratory or AMERIAL is set to bolster the metals and engineering sectors and allied industries as the Philippines takes part in the “fourth industrial revolution” or IR 4.0.

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PHP Noodle Haus, an association of marginalized women in Barangay Taliba, San Luis, Batangas, received the Department of Science and Technology – Food and Nutrition Research Institute’s (DOST-FNRI) Pancit Canton with Squash Technology through a technology transfer training conducted via Zoom platform last 18 August 2021. 

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