June 24th, 2020In this 21-nation, population-based cohort study, adults with depressive symptoms were associated with having increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and...
People under 20 years of age are approximately half as susceptible to COVID-19 as are people 20 years of age and older, according to a modelling paper. The study also...Weekly Roundup
World Health Organisation experts and a range of other scientists have found no evidence to support an assertion by a high-profile Italian doctor that the coronavirus...News Release
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is offering a free 3-week online course on COVID-19 and its implications.
It has no prerequisites,...Coronavirus Watch
Early on Saturday morning the news broke that a new-born baby had tested positive for coronavirus in a London hospital. The case is striking because generally COVID-19...Infectious Diseases
HPV vaccination has higher health benefits and is more cost-effective than previously estimated, according to a study. The research, led by the London School of...HIV/AIDS
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) – taking antiretroviral drugs to protect people from acquiring HIV infection – is revolutionising the prevention of HIV around the...
October 23rd, 2019
A low cost and widely available drug could reduce deaths in traumatic brain injury patients by as much as 20%, depending on the severity of injury, according to a large...
The UN has set a goal of ending the global HIV/Aids epidemic by 2030. The tide is slowly turning in south-eastern Africa – which encompasses countries like South...Budget 2019
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s latest budget reveals that per capita spending on public health will decline for the second year in a row – and health infrastructure...
