Sun 04 June 2023: The Department of Health has alerted the public of an increasing circulation of influenza, also known as “flu”, around the country since the beginning of May 2023. The department was notified by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) about the rising cases. In a statement on Saturday, the department said […]
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Sat 03 June 2023: German biotech firm BioNTech and US biopharmaceutical company OncoC4 announced on Friday that they had gotten promising results in a mid-stage lung cancer trial. “The jointly developed immunotherapy candidate was found to shrink tumors in close to 30% of participants,” the two companies said in a joint statement. They noted that […]
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On World Diabetes Day, a group of students participated in a diabetes campaign at the Saudi Health Center in Al-Kharj. FILE PHOTO Thu 01 June 2023: The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been found to have the highest prevalence of diabetes in the world, according to a report yesterday by the Daily […]
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Thu 01 June 2023: Norwegian law requires social media influencers to declare whether or not a photo they have uploaded on social media has been edited, while France and the United Kingdom are considering similar legislation. While imperfections in humans are common, social media promotes the appearance that influencers are perfect. Face filters and other […]
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Tue 30 May 2023: In an effort to crack down on e-cigarettes, whose vibrant looks and delicious flavors make them stick out on grocery store shelves, the British government announced on Tuesday that it would shut a loophole that allows stores to distribute free samples of vapes to youngsters. In recent months, the clamour of […]
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Mon 29 May 2023: The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) says an investigation is underway into the source or sources of the Cholera outbreak in the country. “Technical teams from the Department of Water and Sanitation and the provincial and national Department of Health as well as relevant municipalities are carrying out water quality […]
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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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