Wed 29 May 2024: We cannot navigate the global health crises we are facing under our current profit-oriented medicine development and manufacturing system. What happens when we run out of medicines? Medical authorities around the world are pondering this question as they struggle with shortages of a range of essential medicines amid a global drug […]
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Tue 28 May 2024: The French parliament on Monday began debate on a bill to legalize “assisted dying,” which the health minister says is not euthanasia, according to media reports. The draft law seeking to legalize “assisted dying” will be debated for two weeks in the lower chamber of parliament, or the National Assembly, with […]
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Mon 27 May 2024: Have you ever felt sick at work? Perhaps you had food poisoning or the flu. Your belly hurt, or you felt tired, making it hard to concentrate and be productive. How likely would you be to tell your boss you were unwell and had to go home? While employees would probably tell […]
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Mon 27 May 2024: For the first time in about 40 years, the number of Americans who use marijuana almost daily has surpassed those who drink alcohol with the same frequency. This shift reflects the growing mainstream acceptance and legalisation of recreational marijuana in nearly half of US states. In 2022, an estimated 17.7 million […]
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Mon 27 May 2024: The Department of Health has urged people experiencing suspected symptoms of mpox disease to visit their nearest healthcare provider for screening and testing to ensure early diagnosis and effective treatment. This is after the country recorded the second laboratory-confirmed case of mpox disease. The new patient is a 39-year-old male who […]
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Sat 25 May 2024: Malawian authorities have reported a significant increase in tobacco sales, with an 89.3 percent rise over a one-month period compared to the same period last year. The Tobacco Commission, the country’s tobacco industry regulator, announced on Wednesday that sales had generated 81.2 million U.S. dollars in the first four weeks to […]
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Fri 17 May 2024: Britain’s food regulator has imposed additional control measures on all spice imports from India, it announced on Wednesday, Reuters reported. This makes Britain the first country to enhance scrutiny of all Indian spices following contamination allegations against two popular brands, MDH and Everest, which have raised concerns among global food authorities. […]
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Tue 14 May 2024: The Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla, is urging the public to be vigilant as the country has reported a laboratory-confirmed case of monkeypox disease, also known as Mpox. The case involves a 35-year-old male, who resides in the Gauteng and tested positive on 9 May 2024. The case was first […]
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Tue 14 May 2024: President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to sign the National Health Insurance Bill (NHI) into law on Wednesday, 15 May 2024. According to the Presidency, the move will transform South Africa’s healthcare system and ensure universal coverage for health services. Through this, the country will overcome critical socio-economic imbalances and inequities of the […]
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The United States has reported bird flu in at least 36 herds of dairy cows in nine states, while neighbouring countries are ramping up precautionary measures. Sun 12 May 2024: The bird flu virus, which was first reported in US poultry farms in 14 states in early 2022, has spread to cows and two humans […]
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