August 25th, 2021South Africa’s national Department of Health says adolescents are at particular risk of mental health issues arising from using cannabis and that while the DoH...
South Africa has signed an agreement with Pfizer Inc for 20m dual-shot COVID-19 vaccine doses, TimesLIVE reports a government official said, boosting plans to start mass...
March 17th, 2021Despite a national Health Department statement this week that the on-selling of South Africa's Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine stocks is virtually concluded, debate continues...
February 17th, 2021The muddled acquisition AstraZeneca vaccine from India, found on delivery to have an April expiry date and not the normal six-month one, continues, writes MedicalBrief....
February 10th, 2021Faced with its first-choice Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine showing showing low efficacy against the South African variant of the coronavirus, the Department of Health has...
Who is liable for serious vaccine side effects? That, says a report in The Times, s an unanswered question hovering over negotiations between government and vaccine...Policy and Law
There is more than just the government's customary incompetence behind it's failures during the COVID-19 pandemic, writes Anthea Jeffreys of the Institute of Race...
January 6th, 2021South African medical scientists, joined by activist groups, health workers and opposition parties, have slammed the government and its Medical Advisory Committee (MAC)...
The Department of Health's controversial plans to limit medical schemes' responsibilities for paying prescribed minimum benefits (PMBs) were ‘never intend’ to leave...
