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COVID-19 generally a mild disease in children — Analysis of 582 European patients
Children with COVID-19 generally experience a mild disease and fatalities are very rare, according to a study of 582 patients from across Europe. The...
Far-UVC light safely kills airborne coronaviruses — Columbia University
More than 99.9% of seasonal coronaviruses present in airborne droplets were killed when exposed to a particular wavelength of ultraviolet light that is safe...
China tests its candidate COVID-19 vaccine on troops
Chinese troops will be among the first to get jabs of one of China’s leading COVID-19 vaccine candidates, reports Fortune. The Chinese biotech firm...
Gauteng legislature approves hospital tariff hike
The Gauteng provincial legislature's committee on scrutiny of subordinate legislation has approved regulations which gives effect to the annual adjustment fee of 4.9% for...
Leeds research review confirms WHO's 'classic' symptoms of COVID-19
Persistent cough and fever have been confirmed as the most prevalent symptoms associated with COVID-19, according to a major review of the scientific literature....
TB spread from animals to humans may be greater than previously thought
The number of human tuberculosis (TB) cases that are due to transmission from animals, as opposed to human-to-human transmission, may be much higher than...
New blood test for cancer up to 10x more sensitive
A new method of analysing cancer patients' blood for evidence of the disease could be up to ten times more sensitive than previous methods...
Systemic TB treatment not superior to test guided treatment for HIV patients
In areas of sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, most HIV-infected patients present for care after already being severely immuno-compromised. After the initiation of antiretroviral therapy...
Another R145bn for COVID-19 fight in supplementary budget
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has made R145bn available to fund the government’s Covid-19 efforts. He said that the allocations had been informed by “epidemiological modelling”,...
Suspended Prof 'acted in a manner suspicious of unapproved research’
Responding to concern within the medical community over the abrupt suspension of Professor Ebrahim Variava, North West Health Department said the “serious allegations”...