January 13th, 2021As South Africa battled COVID-19 and deaths rose, many turned to traditional herbs for treatment, writes Medscape. The problem is how to bring scientific rigour into the...
The South African Health Products Authority (SAHPRA) is facing pressure, including the threat of a court challenge, to authorise for immediate use the antiparasitic drug...News Release
Netcare has assured the South African public that it was doing everything humanly possible to bolster resources in order to continue providing the best and safest care...News Release
Advocacy groups for healthy food in South Africa have made a strong call backed by scientific evidence for an increase from 11% to 20% of the Health Promotion Levy...
October 28th, 2020Use of preventive antimalarial treatments reduces by half the number of malaria infections, among schoolchildren, as well as reducing anaemia, according to a...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first drug to treat COVID-19: remdesivir, an antiviral medicine given through an IV for patients needing...Weekly Roundup
Researchers have described in a case study, the actions, successes, challenges and lessons learned over 5 years of concerted efforts undertaken by the Ministry of Health...
October 21st, 2020Professor David Nabarro, the world’s highest-ranking expert on COVID-19, has said that the World Health Organisation (WHO) does not advocate lockdowns, since their...
October 21st, 2020A second wave of infections has led to renewed interest in ending the COVID pandemic through a herd immunity approach, write 80 prominent scientists in a warning letter...
South Africa is one of the countries that will pay a heavy price as a result of COVID-19, not only due to the economic losses the country has experienced, but also...
