In mid-March 2020, Rheumatology trainees became suddenly home-bound and community quarantined with UST Hospital in lockdown resulting from the unprecedented COVID19 pandemic. We were to go on duty every 1-2 weeks, schedule patients for online consultation, and don complete personal protective equipment as necessary on physical patient encounters.

Introduction: Covid pandemic has led to an acute shortage of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for our patients. Here and around the world, concerns of HCQ supply shortages for patients with rheumatic disease are increasing due in part to the interest of the scientific community for HCQ as potential therapy for Covid-19.

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PRA held the 26th Annual meeting at EDSA Shangri-La Hotel Mandaluyong last February 20-22, 2020 under the program title REVEAL: Rheumatology Evidence Excellence And Leadership. The annual meeting aimed to promote and strengthen Rheumatology as a subspecialty.

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg says world leaders are behaving ‘like children’ over the climate crisis during a speech in the UK.

In response to recent “earth & health-shaking” events, UST and SLMC Rheumatology through RETFI themed the PEARL-LUISA Forum last 09 Feb 2020 as “Signs of the times” focusing on 3 areas: “Bracing for more extreme weather”, “Un-masking nCOV”, and “Be prepared for the Big One”.

A “Professorial chair”* holder is defined as one who is outstanding, distinguished, and hardworking. Importantly, the Chair also connotes that one lives by gratitude and selfless service to deserve this award.

The 6th Scientific meeting of the Asian Federation of Osteoporosis Societies (AFOS) was held at Century Park Hotel, Manila. This was organized by the Osteoporosis Society of the Philippines Foundation, Inc. (OSPFI). This was attended by 470 multinational delegates.

To quote Dr. Navarra at the conferment of the Doña Victoria Ty Tan Professorial Chair in Medical Education, “…a weekly exercise among medical seniors to choose between planet or plastic, I am incessantly amazed and

While Christmas is a season for everyone to enjoy, it should also be a season worth dedicating to the children. Too often, it has been said that Christmas is for children, and there really is some truth to this.