The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released new rapid guidance recommending that children of all ages with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) have access to...News Release
A study commissioned by the Vapour Products Association of South Africa (VPASA) has found that the vapour industry – including vapes, e-cigarettes and heat-not-burn...
September 1st, 2021US President Joe Biden's administration has decided that most Americans should get a coronavirus booster vaccination eight months after they received their second shot,...
The SA Medical Association will not support any medical practitioner facing charges of disinformation about COVID-19 vaccines in the aftermath of Cape Town heart surgeon...Coronavirus
The medical community has been ambivalent about recognising “ long COVID” as a legitimate disease or syndrome, partly because it currently has no accepted objective...Coronavirus Watch
Moderately to severely immunocompromised Americans who received mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 should receive an additional dose, said the US Centre for Disease Control and...
August 18th, 2021The UK governmentʼs pledge to outlaw virginity testing will be undermined unless fake surgery touted as “virginity repair” is also banned, the Royal College of...
After months in the doldrums, writes Science Mag, one of the worldʼs largest trials of COVID- 19 treatments is finally restarting. Solidarity, the global study led by...
August 11th, 2021When the World Health Organization (WHO) recently called for a moratorium on giving COVID-19 booster shots except in rare circumstances, it cited vaccine inequity...
The World Health Organization is seeking $11.5 billion in urgent funding to fight the more infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus, a WHO draft report seen by...
