Dr Zweli Mkhize, during the launch of a field hospital for Covid-19 patients in Port Elizabeth. The Ministerial Advisory Committee (MAC) on Covid-19 was blindsided by Health Minister Zweli Mkhize's announcement on Monday that its advisories would not be made public.Experts, who are part of the MAC, have urged greater transparency.News24 has filed Promotion of…
There is a realigning of fundamentals in terms of how individuals and companies see their roles; how artificial intelligence is used, and what that means for design.Prepare for the "never normal" likely to be the case over the next three years, says serial entrepreneur Mark Curtis.The coronavirus pandemic will enhance seven key trends. Forget about the…
(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