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Islamic doctors warn over home care for COVID-19 patients
The Islamic Medical Association of SA has issued a public warning over home care as a substitute for hospital admission for patients who have...
Depressing situation at EC hospitals – deputy PP
"The situation at Eastern Cape hospitals is depressing.” is how Deputy Public Protector Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka described conditions in the province's overwhelmed public hospitals...
SA is over the COVID-19 hump; time for a new, provincial strategy — Prof...
Data indicates that South Africa has passed the peak of the COVID-19 infections wave, says Professor Robin Wood of the University of Cape Town. Despite its limitations, pandemic modelling...
Cannabis legalisation a 'significant concern' – American Heart Association
Preliminary studies have found that cannabis use may be linked to an increased risk of heart attacks, atrial fibrillation and heart failure but no cardiovascular...
CMS loses to coronavirus its second chair in months
The Council of Medical Schemes has lost its second leader in months to COVID-19, following the death of Professor Lungile Pepeta on Friday, 7...
Excess deaths metric means as many as 8,000 may have died in the Eastern...
As many as 8,000 people may already have died in the Eastern Cape as a result of COVID-19 – almost four times higher than...
KZN Health: Big talk but COVID-19 patients opt for private care
Despite talk by KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC, Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu about how superior public facilities in the province are to private hospitals, most COVID-19 patients are opting...
Asthma drug can boost sprint and strength performance in athletes
A type of asthma drug, known as ß2-agonists, can boost sprint and strength performance in athletes who don't have the respiratory condition, finds a...
Air travel: Calculating the risk of catching COVID-19 on a plane
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology analysis tries to quantify the risk of catching COVID-19 from flying.
If you decide to fly, the odds that you will...
Malaria resurgence linked to decreased bio-efficacy of long-lasting insecticidal nets
Malaria resurgence in Papua New Guinea has been tied to apparent problems in the manufacture of long-lasting insecticidal nets.
Research shows that insecticide-treated mosquito nets,...