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“Dismissive” GPs warned to wake up or lose women patients
Lady Julia Cumberlege, chair of a damning inquiry into a series of British medical scandals around female health matters, urged women to dump their...
Smoking a factor in young adult vulnerability to severe COVID-19
It has become almost common knowledge that young people are less vulnerable to severe coronavirus infections, writes Aria Bendix for Business Insider US. A...
DA: Alleged child rape at hospital highlights failures in responding to GBV
I am horrified at the alleged rape of a two-year-old girl while in isolation for COVID-19 at the Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital in...
Introduction of PrEP reduces infections in women
The introduction of PrEP into a large study that was designed to find out if contraceptives increased the risk of HIV in women allowed...
SA vaccine trial protocols amended because of high percentage of asymptomatic volunteers
Almost a fifth of the 474 South Africans screened for South Africa’s COVID-19 vaccination trial were excluded from participation due to underlying conditions, including...
Comprehensive review of COVID-19's extrapulmonary effects
After only a few days caring for critically ill COVID-19 patients at the start of the outbreak in New York City, Dr Aakriti Gupta,...
European Commission wants feedback on Aspen's proposal
The European Commission has requested feedback on a proposal by Aspen Pharmacare to cut prices on six cancer drugs by three quarters, to remove...
Herd immunity assumptions challenged by latest research
There is a growing body of evidence that immunity to COVID-19 is short lived, writes MedicalBrief. The latest study, from the UK, found levels of...
SA traditional medicine researchers examine Madagascar's 'cure' for COVID-19
South Africa's Higher Education, Science and Innovation Department has reassigned R15m from existing indigenous knowledge projects to support COVID-19 interventions, including the herb touted by...
'Strong science' claimed to be behind FDA decision to permit IQOS marketing
America’s Food and Drug Administration last week made the landmark decision to allow the marketing of the cigarette alternative IQOS Tobacco Heating System, which is...