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Killer disease stumps Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
Speaking on the strange killer disease in Benue State, Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire said the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) was...
Biotech wants emergency FDA approval for coronavirus test
Biotechnology company Novacyt has applied for emergency approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as it races to roll out a product...
Quantifying the intensity of the coronavirus outbreak and its pandemic potential
A number of groups have estimated R0 for the new coronavirus, meaning that it will die out. But scientists from the Chinese Academy of...
SANDF backs off from Zuma sick note investigation
Former President Jacob Zuma’s questionable medical certificate raised sufficient concern within the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) to prompt the possibility of an investigation...
Moderate egg consumption not tied to risk of heart disease
Moderate egg intake, which is about one egg per day in most people, does not increase the risk of cardiovascular disease or mortality even...
Chinese research that coronavirus passed from pangolins questioned
Independent scientists have questioned research that suggested that the outbreak of coronavirus disease spreading from China might have passed from bats to humans through...
No immediate coronavirus impact on SA drug manufacturers' production
JSE-listed local pharmaceutical manufacturers Aspen Pharmacare and Adcock Ingram say the coronavirus outbreak in China poses no immediate risk to production, as they have...
Long-term effectiveness of shortened DR-TB treatment regimen
Results from an International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union)-led observational study show that a nine-month shortened treatment regimen for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis...
Wanted: A GP couple for perhaps the UK's most remote medical practice
Only 134 patients to take care of, but the remoteness of this Inner Hebrides practice may mean the occasional assistance of Dr YouTube...
40-nation survey finds that almost three out of four unhappy with breast size
The majority of women worldwide may be dissatisfied with the size of their breasts, found a 40-nation study. The authors note that this has...