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Most critically ill COVID-19 patients survive with standard treatment
Clinicians from two US hospitals report that the majority of even the sickest patients with COVID-19 - those who require ventilators in intensive care...
Stroke evaluations in the US drop by nearly 40% during COVID-19 pandemic
The number of people evaluated for signs of stroke at US hospitals has dropped by nearly 40% during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a...
Authors say review linking vegetarianism and depression 'misinterpreted'
The nuance of a study showing a link between vegetarianism and poor mental health got lost as the study was shared widely online, reports...
Ethnic minorities in UK at up-to 4x higher mortality risk from COVID-19 —...
In the largest study to date on the risk factors associated with COVID-19, UK researchers have found that people of Asian and Black ethnic...
AU silence greets Madagascar president's claims of COVID-19 'cure'
This weekend’s African Union heads-of-state video meeting, chaired by President Cyril Ramaphosa, greeted with polite silence claims by Madagascar’s president that it had discovered...
Chair of SA's medical schemes regulator succumbs to COVID-19
The chair of the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS), Clarence Mini, has died from COVID-19, Business Day reports the regulator’s spokesperson confirmed.
The report says...
Outrage over Dis-Chem pricing on face masks 'not a legal test', argue its lawyers
“Outrage is not a legal test,” argued lawyers defending Dis-Chem and another firm from charges of excessive pricing, reports Business Day. The Competition Commission...
Nicotine exposure alone leads to pulmonary hypertension — first study
A study conducted by a team of researchers at Louisiana State University Health New Orleans has shown for the first time that chronic exposure...
Lockdown must go or else non-coronavirus mortality will outstrip COVID-19 deaths
While the lockdown bought some time to bolster health resources, it has is now setting up South Africa for even greater mortality from non-COVID...
Novel way to treat snakebite
Snakebite is one of the world's biggest hidden health problems with up to 138,000 victims dying every year, and around 400,000 victims left with...