Patients who are overweight or obese have more severe COVID-19 and are highly likely to require invasive respiratory support, according to a new international study. The...Medico-Legal
The regulations on the government's proposed Covid-19 vaccine injury no-fault compensation scheme were posted on the Department of Co-operative Governance &...Weekly Roundup
South African experts have called for a reality check, says a Sunday Times report: COVID-19 is an airborne disease, so it's not going away. Vaccines will reduce...HIV/AIDS
Spotlight reports that a study recently published in The Lancet medical journal found that women living with HIV made up an estimated 63.4% of new cervical cancer cases...HIV/AIDS
Researchers from the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative at the University of Cape Town, the Aurum Institute, the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in...
April 14th, 2021The world is divided about the Swedish “light touch” approach to COVID-19, seeing it either a a triumph of good sense or disastrous misstep, writes Mallory Pickett...
South Africa has signed an agreement with Pfizer Inc for 20m dual-shot COVID-19 vaccine doses, TimesLIVE reports a government official said, boosting plans to start mass...Africa
Tanzania’s new president announced plans to appoint a panel of experts to advise her on how best to curb the spread of the coronavirus, reversing her predecessor’s...
April 7th, 2021A widely promoted preprint, claiming that vitamin D led to an “80% reduction in need for ICU and a 60% reduction in deaths” has been removed by The Lancet....
The B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 variants of SARS-CoV-2 were first detected in the UK and South Africa respectively, and have since spread to many other countries. Scientists...
