Tue 14 March 2023: The Department of Health warned on Monday that any employee who fails to comply with the court order interdicting the current strike action will be committing an act of misconduct which is subject to disciplinary action, including possible dismissal. This comes after the Labour Appeal Court issued a judgement that interdicts […]
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[Nataliia Shulga/Al Jazeera] Sun 12 March 2023: Scientists lean towards a natural spillover from animals, but China’s opacity means a lab leak can’t be ruled out. Three years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, questions linger about the origins of the virus that shut down borders, forced humanity […]
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Wed 08 March 2023: Multiple Personality Disorder, also known as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), has been explored in several movies and television series over the years, but in psychiatry, it remains a controversial diagnosis. DID is a condition where an individual’s identity can split into two or more personalities. People with DID are controlled by […]
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Sun 05 March 2023: Heart disease is often considered an old man’s disease, but a recent uptick in the number of young people dying of heart attacks has busted this myth. From a 22-year-old groom who died in the middle of his wedding ceremony to the 16-year-old who died while playing cricket, the headlines these […]
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Sun 05 March 2023: Former British Health Secretary Matt Hancock is continuing to face criticism because of the leak of WhatsApp messages sent between him and other ministers and officials at the height of the Covid pandemic. The messages, which were leaked by the Daily Telegraph, now show that Hancock wanted to announce a new virus variant […]
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Sat 04 March 2023: Following claims by the United States that the virus was probably leaked from a Chinese laboratory and which have prompted furious denials from Beijing, the World Health Organization has urged all nations to reveal what they know about the origins of COVID-19. This week, US Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher […]
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Fri 03 March 2023: More than 50% of the world’s population will be overweight or obese by 2035 without significant action, according to a new report. According to the World Obesity Federation’s 2023 atlas, 51 percent of the world’s population, or more than four billion people, will be obese or overweight within the next 12 […]
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Thu 02 March 2023: Toilet paper is an unexpected source of potentially harmful “forever chemicals” in wastewater across the globe and could be leaching into soils via sewage, a new study on Wednesday said. “Forever chemicals”, or PFAS, are found in cosmetics, non-stick cookware and waterproof clothing. They have been linked to several types of […]
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Mon 27 February 2023: We always hear that consuming too much salt is bad for your health, yet too little salt might be harmful as well, particularly for patients with heart failure, according to a new study. According to the research published on Healthday, which cross-analyzed nine different studies, it has been determined that the […]
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Mon 27 February 2023: Investigations into the origins of a virus that has now killed nearly 7 million people have been hampered by politics and a lack of access and transparency. COVID-19 was probably the result of a leak from a laboratory, according to a newly updated classified report from the United States Department of […]
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