Measles has staged a comeback as a major public health threat. As early as 2014, the country was already battling against the disease, with the final tally...
“I am the place in which something has occurred.”—Claude Lévi-Strauss, The Savage Mind
It was a maverick idea, though not primitive, but on the whole...
Last week, the government and local health authorities green lit the immediate downgrade of quarantine restrictions in Metro Manila to the lowest alert level....
Last week, the government and local health authorities green lit the immediate downgrade of quarantine restrictions in Metro Manila to the lowest alert level. Most, if not all, of us remain hopeful that this development signaled the beginning of the end for COVID-19...
Your father suffered a heart attack two weeks ago. He was rushed to the hospital and had to undergo an emergency coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. While recovering in his hospital room two days after surgery, he is visited by a nurse...
From 1912 to 2003, the country’s premier horse racing events were held at what used to be the San Lazaro Hippodrome in the heart of Manila.
Fast forward to 2017 when a new kind of excitement first opened its doors on the same...
“The times they are a-changin,’ come gather round people, wherever you roam...”
Bob Dylan
No doubt those lyrics of Bob Dylan were progressive and attuned to the zeitgeist of 1960s America. Yet poetically inspiring as they were back then, its context in the age...
According to mayoclinic.org, dysthymia or persistent depressive disorder is “a continuous long-term form of depression.” An individual may lose interest in normal daily activities, feel hopeless, lack productivity, have low self-esteem and an overall feeling of inadequacy. These feelings may last for years...
With the changes and uncertainties brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been easy to lose track of the things one would like to accomplish. Three ladies, however, proved that the pandemic need not get in the way of achieving their friendship...