Fresh studies give more information about what treatments do or don’t work for COVID-19, with high-quality methods that give reliable results.British researchers on Friday published their research on the only drug shown to improve survival — a cheap steroid called dexamethasone. Two other studies found that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine does not help people with…
Maria Van Kerkhove, head of the World Health Organization's emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, speaks during a press conference following an emergency committee meeting over the new coronavirus in Geneva on Jan. 22, 2020.Pierre Albouy | AFP | Getty ImagesThe World Health Organization walked back comments made Monday when one of its top scientists said…
GroundUp reported.On 15 April, the Council for Medical Schemes ordered that Covid-19 testing should be seen as a prescribed minimum benefit minimum benefit (PMB), which would mean it would be covered by medical schemes. But the definition was ambiguously worded:"All cases of Covid-19 are regarded as prescribed minimum benefit (PMB) conditions, and should be funded…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…