The SA Private Practitioners Forum says it has no evidence medical schemes are using racial profiling to determine which of its members to investigate for fraud but the...South Africa
Of all of the listed companies likely to be impacted by the arrival of National Health Insurance (NHI), medical scheme administrator Discovery appears to have been hit...
August 21st, 2019Pretomanid, a novel compound developed by the non-profit organisation TB Alliance, has been approved by the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for treating some of...
The Burundian Ministry of Public Health and AIDS Control has kicked off the vaccination campaign for front-line staff against the Ebola virus disease. The campaign...SA Provincial Health
Waiting times for cancer treatment at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital have worsened over the last year, particularly for 400 prostate cancer patients who will...International
The US Food and Drug Administration has proposed that cigarette packs carry graphic new health warnings including pictures and text outlining lesser-known risks of...Nutrition
Results from a study by researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in North Carolina and the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health...Environmental Health
A study led by University of Chicago researchers suggests a significant link between exposure to environmental pollution and an increase in the prevalence of...
August 21st, 2019
Ugandan Winifred “Winnie” Byanyima is the new executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, after the previous incumbent left accused of...
August 21st, 2019
The problem with the typical response to the proposed National Health Insurance system is that s to say “we agree with the principle, but not the detail”, writes...
