Fri 22 April 2022: The numbers of new COVID-19 cases and fatalities worldwide have continued to decline since the end of March, the World Health Organization said Thursday, with more than 5 million infections and 18,000 deaths reported in the last week. “During the week of April 11 to 17, over 5 million cases and […]
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Mon 18 April 2022: It seems every few weeks we hear about a new COVID variant, and it’s hard to know how concerned we ought to be. A “recombinant” variant has emerged, dubbed “Omicron XE”, which is the result of two Omicron strains merging together in a single host and then going on to infect others. […]
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Sat 16 April 2022: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency use authorization Thursday for the first ever COVID-19 diagnostic test using breath samples. Through the InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer, the test “can be performed in environments where the patient specimen is both collected and analyzed, such as doctor’s offices, hospitals and mobile testing […]
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Tue 05 April 2022: Two years after a pandemic was declared, scientists continue to debate how the coronavirus behind COVID-19 came to infect humans. Even as COVID-19 enters its third year as a pandemic, the world is no closer to knowing the source of the virus that sparked it all. Just six weeks after declaring […]
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Sun 27 March 2022: Artificial sweeteners reduce added sugar content and corresponding calories while maintaining sweetness. A study publishing March 24th in PLOS Medicine by Charlotte Debras and Mathilde Touvier at the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research (Inserm) and Sorbonne Paris Nord University, France and colleagues suggests that some artificial sweeteners are associated with […]
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Wed 16 March 2022: With South Africa currently facing a heightened rate of mental health cases, experts have urged people to open up about mental health, while educating those who do not understand it. The experts were speaking during a webinar on ‘Destigmatising Men’s Mental Health’, hosted by the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), […]
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Sun 13 March 2022: Nutrition-related chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases, remain a serious health issue. In the near future, these diseases are likely to become increasingly prevalent in developing countries like South Africa due to rapid and unplanned urbanisation. Urbanisation is the main driver of the obesity pandemic and associated chronic diseases. This […]
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Fri 04 March 2022: The World Health Organisation on Wednesday said that cases of anxiety and depression have surged by over 25 per cent globally as Covid has taken a severe toll on the mental health of people. During a scientific brief, the organisation revealed that there was a 25.6 per cent hike in cases […]
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Wed 23 February 2022: THE CONVERSATION In November 2021 the South African Medico-Legal Association joined other with leading healthcare organisations in South Africa in urging the government to review the culpable homicide law and its application in healthcare settings. The South African Medico-Legal Association represents medical and legal practitioners, many of whom also belong to the other healthcare bodies […]
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Tue 22 February 2022: The Department of Water and Sanitation has urged various municipalities to conduct the necessary drinking water analysis in their respective areas amid reports of typhoid cases. The department said it has been inundated with enquiries regarding the quality of drinking water in light of the increasing media reports of typhoid cases […]
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