President Cyril Ramaphosa (PHOTO: GCIS) As parents, teachers, governing bodies and government, we are in agreement that no school should re-open until all the necessary precautions are in place. There needs to be transparency about the level of preparedness of each of the schools, writes President Cyril Ramaphosa in his weekly newsletter.Dear fellow South African,Today…
2020-05-18 07:52 The exercise of the fundamental freedoms of expression, association and speech is a barometer of the good health of our democracy. But much more than that, these rights are essential to the success of our national and collective struggle to overcome the coronavirus, writes President Cyril Ramaphosa in his weekly newsletter.Dear fellow South…
2020-05-11 08:42 We must be prepared for a new reality in which the fight against Covid-19 becomes part of our daily existence, writes President Cyril Ramaphosa.Dear Fellow South African,Since the beginning of May, when we began the gradual easing of the nation-wide coronavirus lockdown, many people have started returning to work.As part of the phased…
2020-05-04 10:46 Every regulation we have put in place has been carefully considered. Along the way there has been consultation with medical experts, various constituencies and different industries, writes President Cyril Ramaphosa in his weekly newsletter.Dear fellow South African,The entire world is in the unrelenting grip of the coronavirus pandemic, whose spread has been rapid.…
(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