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Dis-Chem appeals excessive pricing conviction and R1.2m fine
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...
Urgent need to mitigate surgical risk during pandemic
A 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 in most...
US long-term use of muscle relaxants has skyrocketed since 2005
US doctor visits for ongoing prescribing of skeletal muscle relaxant drugs tripled from 2005 to 2016, according to a study from researchers in the...
Islatravir keeps viral load suppressed
Islatravir, the first nucleoside reverse transcriptase translocation inhibitor, plus the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor doravirine (Pifeltro) kept viral load suppressed for 48 weeks with...
COVID-19 herd immunity may be unachievable — Spanish study of 61,000 people
Spain'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 COVID-19...
UK health experts assess the wisdom of 15-weeks' hard lockdown
British 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...
Academy of Sciences: Costs of COVID-19 to SA's quadruple disease burden
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...
International AIDS Society’s virtual COVID-19 Conference on 10-11 July 2020
The International AIDS Society (IAS) will host a virtual COVID-19 Conference on breaking COVID-19 research, policy analysis and frontline experience on the final day...
Fita appeals COVID-19 health ban on tobacco sales
The Fair-Trade Independent Tobacco Association (Fita) has applied for leave to appeal against the ruling by the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) that the sale...
Rapid weight gain for people with HIV switching to tenofovir alafenamide
People who switched to tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) from the previous version of tenofovir (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate – TDF) experienced rapid weight gain regardless of...