The SAHRC says it has launched an investigation surrounding the controversial, racial and offensive advert published on Clicks' site. The commission wants all Clicks employees - including those responsible for the advertising - to meet them. SAHRC Gauteng's region manager Buang Jones says his office is leading the investigations. The South African Human Rights Commission wants everyone who…
Pfizer, BioNTech begin coronavirus vaccine trial in humansPfizer Inc. and BioNTech have announced the start of coronavirus vaccine trials in human patients. In anticipation of success, production has been scaled for a global supply meaning millions of vaccines could be available this year.Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your…
An idea that might seem outlandish at first is gaining some ground as a way to speed development of a coronavirus vaccine: intentionally infecting people with the virus as part of a trial.The idea, known as a “challenge trial,” would deliberately infect a few hundred young, healthy volunteers, who were first given either the potential…
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(Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) As Grace Griffin and her husband were welcoming their long-awaited baby — a daughter — Griffin found herself worried about looming medical bills and unsure if their family could pay for the care they needed. “This whole experience has me wondering (keeping me up at night, actually): Can we ever afford
LYON, France — Halving the dose of antenatal betamethasone given to prevent severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in infants does not appear to affect later intelligence quotient (IQ) scores or other measures of neurodevelopment, suggests a follow-up study of a randomized trial. However, it is unclear from the present data, presented at the Congress of
After years of searching for affordable health insurance, Trey Wright discovered Georgia Pathways to Coverage. The state’s limited Medicaid expansion program allowed the 27-year-old living in the rural city of Jesup in southeastern Georgia to finally visit a primary care doctor regularly. It also covered weekly shots to manage an array of allergies, saving him