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SA leg of MMR trial to protect healthcare workers against Sars-CoV-2
Researchers are preparing to launch the South Africa leg of an international trial investigating whether the well-established measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot used...
Facial masking may be generating immunity — NEJM commentary
Face masks might be helping reduce the severity of disease and ensuring that a greater proportion of new COVID-19 infections are asymptomatic, thus generating...
Union's battle with SAMA is attempt at 'daylight robbery’ — Founding chair
The legal battle between the South African Medical Association (SAMA), a non-profit professional association and the administrator of its union, the South African Medical...
'Strong evidence' that BCG does not protect against COVID-19
An analysis of Swedish public health data provides "strong evidence" that receiving the BCG vaccine against tuberculosis at birth does not have a protective...
Tobacco dependence treatment critical to excellent health care delivery
Too few of the 34 million people in America who are addicted to nicotine receive assistance from health care professionals, according to a just-published...
Adult doses of dolutegravir can be used with children of 20k or more
The pharmacokinetics (how the body absorbs, distributes, metabolises and excretes drugs) of adult dolutegravir 50mg tablets given to children living with HIV weighing 20kg...
New CDC guidelines for S aureus prevention and control in NICUs
The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued new recommendations for the prevention and control of Staphylococcus aureus in neonatal intensive...
Keyhealth placed under provisional curatorship over 'irregularities'
The Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) has placed medical scheme Keyhealth under provisional curatorship, Die Burger reports. The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) brought the...
Plantar fasciitis and overuse injuries may link to toe spring in shoes — Harvard
Toe springs, a pervasive feature in athletic shoes especially, may contribute to weakening of the foot muscles and possibly to increased susceptibility to common...
Mkhize: Forcibly sterilised women to receive redress
Action would be taken to ensure women who were forcibly sterilised received redress, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said this week. According to a Cape...