Get used to Lukhanyo Am and Steven Kitshoff being involved in more local derbies next year. (Gallo Images) Confusion has reigned over the past few days over New Zealand apparently dumping South Africa and Argentina from Super Rugby, but that's not actually the case.Instead, 2021 - because of its expected border closures due to Covid-19…
Six months into the coronavirus crisis, there’s a growing consensus about a central question: How do people become infected? It’s not common to contract Covid-19 from a contaminated surface, scientists say. And fleeting encounters with people outdoors are unlikely to spread the coronavirus. Instead, the major culprit is close-up, person-to-person...
Cabinet meeting on Tuesday over NCCC terms of referenceThe director general in the Presidency, Dr Cassius Lubisi, who had resigned from his position but was asked to stay on as a result of the crisis, as well as the acting director general of health Anban Pillay, play an important role in NatJoints, it was explained. They…
(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