Last night, 8 July, Gauteng would become the new epicentre of the COVID-19 epidemic, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize told the National Assembly in a briefing earlier...Weekly Roundup
COVID-19 has sent the number of deaths in South Africa “significantly higher than the predicted number based on historical data”. The Times reports that the Medical...Harm Reduction
One in five people aged over 55 years of age admit to feeling peer pressured into drinking more alcohol than they otherwise would, according to researchers with the...Medico-Legal
Dis-Chem is appealing its excessive-pricing conviction and its R1.2m fine by the Competition Tribunal, arguing that it does not have dominance in the face masks retail...
July 8th, 2020A large, 24-nation cohort study reporting post-operative outcomes in COVID-19 of post elective and emergency surgical patients found poor outcomes exceeding those seen...
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...
Islatravir, the first nucleoside reverse transcriptase translocation inhibitor, plus the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor doravirine (Pifeltro) kept viral...
July 8th, 2020Spain's large-scale study on the coronavirus indicates just 5% of its population has developed antibodies, strengthening evidence that a so-called herd immunity to...
July 8th, 2020British health experts assess whether the 15-weeks of lockdown hardship was worth it and, in retrospect, what should have been done.
The coronavirus pandemic has cost...
As of early July 2020, the full force of COVID-19 has yet to strike in South Africa, though it has already impacted the economy further and disrupted the healthcare...
