Mon 15 April 2024: The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has recalled two batches of Benylin pediatric cough syrup. On 10 April 2024, the Nigerian National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) reported to the concerned party that a batch of Benylin paediatric cough syrup had high levels of diethylene […]
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Fri 12 April 2024: The deaths of over 300 children in Africa and Asia in 2023 prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to warn about the use of “substandard and falsified” medical products. The organisation called for more efforts to protect children from contaminated medicine. Toxicologists Winston Morgan and Shazma Bashir unpack the story. What caused the WHO to […]
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Wed 10 April 2024: The evidence behind medical intervention for youth questioning their gender is “remarkably weak”, with some doctors abandoning “normal clinical approaches” to prescribe hormones to teens, a landmark review in the United Kingdom has found. The long-term health effects of masculinising and feminising hormones on teens are “limited and need to be […]
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Tue 09 April 2024: The spread of bird flu to an increasing number of species and its widening geographic reach have raised the risks of humans being infected by the virus, the head of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Thursday. Monique Eloit’s comments come after the U.S. government reported cases of […]
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Mon 08 April 2024: Pope Francis has denounced abortions and the carrying of children by surrogate mothers as grave offences against human dignity. In a declaration of principles published by the Vatican on Monday, the head of the Catholic Church also described gender reassignment and “gender theory” as offences against what he said was the […]
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Sun 07 April 2024: A protein found in the human body could be used to treat diseases that cause seizures, according to an Australian study. The study, which was published by researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) on Thursday, examined a force-sensing mechanical protein that enables the brain to interpret forces such as touch […]
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Sat 06 April 2024: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health notice on Friday (April 5) in response to the country’s growing avian flu outbreak. In the caution, the CDC discussed a recent case in which a Texas agricultural worker tested positive for H5N1 avian flu. “The virus obtained from […]
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Wed 03 April 2024: With nearly 13,400 confirmed cases since the first cases were reported in the northern border region of Karonga in mid-February, viral conjunctivitis is still on the rise in Malawi. Health officials report that the outbreak has already reached 26 of the 28 districts in the nation. 13,419 cases in all had […]
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Argentine provinces are concerned about dengue and intensify combat campaigns Photo: Disclosure / Province of Corrientes (ARG) Tue 02 April 2024: As of now in 2024, Argentina has recorded 163,419 cases of dengue fever, its Ministry of Health said Saturday. According to the ministry’s National Epidemiological Bulletin (BEN), the northeastern and central areas had the […]
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A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London. File photo dated 18/01/23 Sun 31 March 2024: Mental illness costs England £300bln a year, equivalent to nearly double its NHS budget, according to research. Researchers for the Centre for Mental Health thinktank analysed the economic, health and care […]
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