Sun 28 May 2023: Research shows that the world is undoubtedly warming. And, as the global average temperature keeps rising, heatwaves are increasing in their frequency, duration and intensity for most of the world’s regions. But that doesn’t mean cold weather will disappear entirely. While annual extreme cold events are becoming less frequent and less intense, as you’d […]
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Sat 27 May 2023: The Chinese authorities are rushing to push out vaccines to combat an ongoing new wave of the coronavirus that is expected to peak in June and infect as many as 65 million people a week since the new XBB variants of the virus are evolving to overcome the immunity developed after […]
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Wed 24 May 2023: The Gauteng Department of Health says the number of people, who have lost their lives following a cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, now stands at 17. As of 23 May 2023, the provincial department said 165 patients have been seen at Jubilee District Hospital, including 18 that have been […]
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Tue 23 May 2023: Following reports linking Indian-made cough syrups to the deaths of numerous children in The Gambia and Uzbekistan, India announced that testing will be required before cough syrups exported. With effect from June 1, all cough syrups must have a certificate of analysis from a government laboratory before being exported, the government […]
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image shown is for illustration purposes only. Mon 22 May 2023: The City of Ekurhuleni has urged residents to take extra precautionary measures and maintain proper hand-hygiene as the country experiences an outbreak of Diarrhoeal disease and a rising number of confirmed cases of Cholera. The Cholera outbreak in neighbouring Hammanskraal has claimed 12 lives […]
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Sun 21 May 2023: A new survey released disturbing facts on Monday (May 15) stating that the earlier a child is given a smartphone, the more the chances of him or her suffering from mental health problems. The study further mentioned that women appear to be more affected. The research conducted by a US-based non-profit […]
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Sat 20 May 2023: The World Health Organization said that, artificial sweeteners, which are used to substitute sugar in a wide variety of products, do not aid in weight loss and may have harmful consequences on health. The United Nations’ health agency released new guidelines Monday advising against using so-called non-sugar sweeteners, or NSS. The […]
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Wed 17 May 2023: At the end of a long day, you realise you’re starting to get a headache. So you buy painkillers from the street vendor, and take two. But how do you know what those pills really are? The vendor isn’t a pharmacy. There’s no package insert listing ingredients or dosage instructions. What […]
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Mon 15 May 2023: Your home might be your castle, but that doesn’t mean you have to treat it like some kind of dirty medieval fortress. Taking off your shoes inside can help keep your home in good condition, create a more relaxed atmosphere and cut down on dirt and dust. However, that’s barely the […]
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Sun 14 May 2023: A new study has revealed that many soft contact lenses from the US are largely made up of toxic, cancer-causing ‘forever chemicals’, Guardian reported. For the study, researchers tested 18 popular kinds of contact lenses and found extremely high levels of organic fluorine, a marker of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFA) in each. Notably, PFAS refer to […]
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