Hyperglycaemia was reported in Uganda among people switching first-line regimens to dolutegravir-based antiretroviral treatment (ART), in a letter to Lancet HIV,...
April 1st, 2020
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an emergency use authorisation for a new rapid point-of-care molecular SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic.
The test, which...
Since life insurers operate within the financial sector, they are considered an essential service during the 21-day lockdown. This means South Africans can still apply...News Release
The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) have issued an important COVID-19 Circular addressing important matters such as Prescribed Minimum Benefits, telemedicine,...Coronavirus Watch
Chinese scientists at the front of that country’s outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have not been particularly accessible to foreign media, says a...
April 1st, 2020
A Russian doctor warns in The New Yorker that it is impossible to know the real situation in a country that claims fewer coronavirus infections than Luxembourg. “But...
April 1st, 2020
Aspirin has anti-inflammatory properties and also thins the blood. For years, doctors have been prescribing low-dose aspirin for some people to reduce their risk of...
April 1st, 2020
University of Massachusetts Amherst computer scientists tested 'FluSense' in campus clinic waiting rooms.
The FluSense creators say the new edge-computing platform,...
Adherence clubs were linked to a 30% reduction in high viral load among postpartum South African women living with HIV, Aidsmap reports the Conference on Retroviruses...Coronavirus Watch
Doctors have drawn up plans to infuse British coronavirus patients and their carers with blood plasma harvested from “hyper-immune” people who have recovered from...
