The number of confirmed cases of measles in the US this year jumped by nearly 20% in the week ending 11 April, in the country’s second-worst outbreak in nearly two...Infectious Diseases
South African TB Vaccine Initiative (SATVI) authors Drs Adam Penn-Nicholson, Stanley Kimbung Mbandi, Michelle Fisher, Professors Mark Hatherill and Tom Scriba have...
April 24th, 2019Malawi will begin immunising young children against malaria this week, in a landmark large-scale pilot programme of the first vaccine to give partial protection against...
Pharmaceuticals company Bayer says its subsidiary Monsanto will continue to sell its Roundup weed killer in South Africa despite a US jury last month awarding nearly...
April 10th, 2019The UN is being urged to declare a full-scale humanitarian emergency in Venezuela in the light of the “utter collapse” of its health system and widespread food...
April 10th, 2019Routine vaccination of girls aged 12 or 13 years with the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in Scotland has led to a dramatic reduction in cervical disease in later...
A suspected carcinogen found in spray paints, sun creams and varnishes will not receive a cautionary health label, under EU proposals. The Guardian reports that in what...South Africa
Health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi says the National Health Insurance may now be referred to as "Ramaphosa-care", as the president is now in charge of the Bill which...International
UK patients should be banned from travelling to China for transplant surgery, the government has been told, before an inquiry into allegations of forced organ harvesting...
April 3rd, 2019The carnivore diet gives us the ripped-torso new kid on the block, surviving on beef and water with urine strips always at hand to be sure he's still 'in keto', writes...
