A study from Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago discovered that children younger than 5 years with mild to moderate COVID-19 have much higher levels...Weekly Roundup
The US Food and Drug Administration has again warn consumers and health care professionals not to use certain alcohol-based hand sanitisers due to the dangerous presence...Harm Reduction
A study by George Mason University, just published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, has found that the 2009 ban of flavoured cigarettes in the United States reduced...South Africa
The first COVID-19 antibody rapid blood test kit has been approved for use in South Africa, but, Spotlight reports, it is strictly not for sale to the public or for use...South Africa
Indian drug manufacturer Cipla is set to bring its generic version of Gilead Science’s coronavirus drug remdesivir to South Africa within the next few weeks, a study...
July 8th, 2020US doctor visits for ongoing prescribing of skeletal muscle relaxant drugs tripled from 2005 to 2016, according to a study from researchers in the Perelman School of...
The US Food and Drug Administration has authorised the marketing of the Philip Morris ‘IQOS Tobacco Heating System’ as a modified risk tobacco product, with close...Technology
A team of engineers and physicians at the University of California San Diego has developed a low-cost, easy-to-use emergency ventilator for COVID-19 patients that is...Hepatology
Using a first-of-its-class drug in a clinical trial, an international research effort headed by a scientist at University of California San Diego School of Medicine...
June 17th, 2020Most of the registered clinical trials of potential treatments for COVID-19 underway as of late March were designed in ways that will greatly limit their value in...
