Researchers have created an affordable, reusable version of an N95 mask that could help healthcare professionals as fears reemerge of a shortage in personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic.The group of experts, from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Mass., created a prototype of the mask and found that…
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has accused DA MP Siviwe Gwarube of "cheap politicking".The minister has reiterated that the Eastern Cape's controversial medical motorbikes will not replace ambulances.Mkhize's response to Gwarube's written parliamentary question has revealed that the motorbikes do not meet the basic criteria for patient transport as an ambulance.With guns blazing,…
By Peter Yeung Getty Images TRIALS to develop a $1 covid-19 testing kit that produces results in less than 10 minutes are under way in Senegal. If it works, the test could be a vital tool in sub-Saharan Africa. Researchers at DiaTropix, an infectious disease testing facility run by the Pasteur Institute in Dakar, are…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has rightly made “radical transparency” the motto of his Department of Health and Human Services. HHS even has a page by that name. I think it is a good motto, and I want to help Secretary Kennedy and Acting FDA Commissioner Kyle Diamantas deliver on it in food safety, with two citizen petitions
Published: October 30, 2026, 10:16 pm Several reports of children choking have led to an FDA warning against Once Upon A Time snacks. The warning covers all flavors, quantities, lots and dates of Once Upon A Farm Tractor Wheels Organic, Toddler Soft-Baked Bars. The FDA has received several reports that describe infants ages 1.5 to
The FDA has cleared the interleukin (IL)-23 inhibitor tildrakizumab (Ilumya) for the treatment of active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in adults. Sun Pharma announced the approval on October 30. “As an IL-23 inhibitor administered exclusively by a healthcare provider, Ilumya is now an option for adults with active psoriatic arthritis who are unable to self-administer treatment