Thu 25 July 2024: HIV prevalence in South Africa across all ages decreased from 14% in 2017 to 12.7% in 2022, resulting in a decline from 7.9 million (2017) to 7.8 million (2022) people living with the virus. This is based on the findings of the sixth South African HIV Prevalence, Incidence, and Behaviour Survey […]
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Section27 Twitter Wed 24 July 2024: Gauteng – The Cancer Alliance, Section 27, and the Treatment Action Campaign have sued the Gauteng Health Department for failing to use and prevent the misallocation of an R784 million budget intended to address the backlog in radiation and surgical treatment for cancer patients in the province. The interdict, filed […]
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Sun 21 July 2024: Doctors at the Verdi Cevallos Hospital in the city of Portoviejo, located in the tropical zone of Ecuador, removed a giant ball of hair from the stomach of a 24-year-old woman , in a surgical intervention, which was “successful.” This was reported by the Hospital on Wednesday on its social media account X, in […]
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Sat 20 July 2024: A new COVID-19 variant, LB.1, hit Australia as health experts warned that it could spread faster than previous variants, local media said on Saturday. The country’s health department spokesperson said that there had been confirmed cases of LB.1 in Australia, SBS News reported. Health experts also warned that the new variant […]
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Fri 19 July 2024: Argentina has logged over 520,000 cases of dengue since the start of this year, with an outbreak 3.17 times larger than last year, but there were signs of decreasing in the past few weeks, the Health Ministry said Sunday. In the first 27 weeks of this year, health authorities registered 520,037 […]
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Fri 19 July 2024: Electronic prescription provider MediSecure has revealed that the personal data of approximately 12.9 million Australians were leaked during a cyber security incident earlier this year, Xinhua reported. On April 13, MediSecure discovered that a database server had been encrypted by suspected ransomware, before the incident was first notified to the public […]
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Thu 18 July 2024: The first case of Monkeypox at a Gauteng public school has been reported at the Iketleng Primary School in Hammanskraal. “Gauteng MEC for Education, Sport, Arts, Culture & Recreation, Matome Chiloane, wishes to inform the public of the first Monkeypox case at a Gauteng public school, which was reported on Tuesday, […]
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Thu 18 July 2024: As the number of Mpox cases continues to rise, the Department of Health has urged everyone with symptoms to immediately visit their nearest healthcare facilities for help. This week, this department announced that the country recorded three more infections and one death. The latest figure pushes the total infections to 16 […]
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Wed 17 July 2024: For millions of people, smartwatches aren’t just a piece of technology. They can use them to take control of their health in ways never thought possible. As you go on your morning run, a smartwatch can monitor the rhythmic pounding of your feet and your heart’s steady beat. The watch can […]
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Tue 16 July 2024: Manufacturers are prioritising profits over the lives of patients, says South African Medical Associations’s (SAMA) chairperson, Dr Mvuyisi Mzukwa. This as the public healthcare system ran out of insulin pens, crucial for those living with diabetes. Mzukwa was speaking in an interview with Salaamedia on Tuesday. He said the shortage of insulin pens […]
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