This year, as with most, if not all conventions/conferences post-March, the APLAR 2020 was turned into a virtual encounter. I have not been to APLAR since it was held in…

The COVID-19 pandemic has compelled the entire global community to sail through uncharted waters. As routines were interrupted, we had to adapt to an entirely

Refashioning Forrest Gump’s seminal aphorism, we often hear our mentors say, “Lupus is like a box of chocolates, you’ll never know what you’re gonna get.” These famous words couldn’t be any truer when we were met with the challenge of managing one of our most baffling patients yet.

The global pandemic brought about by the COVID-19 virus has changed the world and the way we work, rest and play. The social distancing and stay-at-home orders have wreaked havoc on patients needing face-to-face encounters, as well as

Ensuring the safety of our learners is important to us therefore, we have decided to host the 9th Annual Meeting of the Lupus Academy online…

As soon as the news of the taal eruption broke out, Dra. Navarra organized a team to help out with the preparations to provide the displaced residents of taal whatever they need. Donations in cash and in kind came flowing in.

Virtual Zoom case discussion with UST Rheumies 2011-2015

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.