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COVID-19 may damage immune cells in the bone marrow — UK study
Even bone marrow may not be a safe harbour from the ravages of COVID-19, according to a study that found previously unrecognised changes in...
Murder of Munshi: HPCSA calls on government not to 'criminalise medicine'
Anaesthetist Dr Abdulhay Munshi was shot dead in Johannesburg on Wednesday night (16 September) in what has been described by the Health Professions Council as...
Mkhize: Changes in pandemic bring changes to MACs
Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize has announced substantial changes to the Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19, pulling in social and behavioural scientists because of...
BMA: Allow gender change without medical diagnosis
Transgender people should be able to change their gender without the current medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria and a report detailing any medical treatment...
Health Dept warns over planned 3-day funerals strike
Some of the funeral industry is planning a three-day national shutdown in a bid to get government's attention over a long list of demands...
NHI Bill: Inadequate measures to prevent looting, warns DA
The National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill has inadequate checks and balances to prevent money being looted on a huge scale, the Democratic Alliance (DA)...
More than a third of South Africans have had COVID-19 — Madhi
Based on antibody testing, between 35% and 40% of South Africans have been infected by COVID-19, estimates Prof Shabhir Madhi, a member of the Medical...
GPs bristle over ‘insulting’ NHS letter on face-to-face consultations
National Health Service (NHS) bosses in the UK have sent a letter to GPs to remind them to offer face-to-face appointments where necessary, sparking...
Despite safety fears, China inoculates with experimental vaccines
Despite safety concerns over the lack of standard testing, China is inoculating tens of thousands of its citizens with experimental coronavirus vaccines, reports SBS...
Lockdown's terrible damage to South African healthcare
While South Africa’s COVID-19 lockdown may have saved 16,000 lives by end December, its profound impairment of general healthcare meant slashed access to drugs...