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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Sat 13 July 2024: A comprehensive study analyzing over two decades of data from nearly 400,000 participants in the United States suggests that long-term daily multivitamin use does not improve longevity in healthy adults. Approximately 33% of US adults take daily multivitamins, believing they may help prevent disease and contribute to a longer, healthier life. […]
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Fri 12 July 2024: Despite heightened public awareness and intensive contact tracing efforts to control the spread of the Monkeypox disease, or Mpox, as it is known for short, South Africa has reported two additional laboratory-confirmed cases this week. This brings the total number of infections to 22 since the first case was reported in […]
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Fri 12 July 2024: Elon Musk, founder of Neuralink, revealed plans to implant a second human patient with the company’s brain chip device within the next week. Musk stated during a broadcast on social media platform X that the company aims to have devices implanted in a “high single digits” number of patients by the […]
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Thu 11 July 2024: The ongoing increase in HIV mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) in the Tshwane District has drawn concern from the City of Tshwane’s Health Department, SABC News reported. According to the City, during the first half of this year, 232 babies in Gauteng tested positive for HIV; nearly 40 of them were from Tshwane.a […]
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