January 6th, 2021Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many have suggested that countries led by women have fared better than those led by men. This popular narrative has appeared in...
November 11th, 2020People whose treatment for cancer is delayed by even one month have 6% to 13% higher risk of dying – a risk that keeps rising the longer treatment does not begin –...
October 28th, 2020Top global infectious diseases scientist and US presidential adviser Dr Anthony Fauci told doctors in South Africa during a PPS-sponsored webinar that it should be known...
October 28th, 2020The British government had seized on the coronavirus to "exercise coercive powers over its citizens on a scale never previously attempted,”, said the country's former...
October 14th, 2020Dr Anthony Fauci is one of the world’s leading infectious diseases experts, the face of science in America during COVID-19, and advisor to President Donald Trump. He...
People are engaged in a frenzy of disinfecting anything and everything they touch, despite science telling us that surface cleaning to prevent COVID-19 is largely...
August 26th, 2020Now engulfed in a second COVID-19 wave, the pandemic in Germany is ahead of Africa and the country has been praised for a low death rate and high science. There will be...
August 19th, 2020A Western Cape GP soon realised the limited potential of tele-consultations in a poor community, which meant gruelling days of face-to-face appointments and house calls...
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, over 27,000 healthcare workers have tested positive for the virus with a death toll of 230 in the sector. Polity reports that...
August 12th, 2020
Data indicates that South Africa has passed the peak of the COVID-19 infections wave, says Professor Robin Wood of the University of Cape Town. Despite its...
