SANDF members patrolling Cape Town during the lockdown. Ziyaad Douglas/Gallo Images via Getty Images A military team of doctors, nurses, health technicians and clinical support staff were deployed to the Eastern Cape. The province is the first to request military assistance to help fight the coronavirus.Eastern Cape is one of the hotspot provinces in the country.The…
By Jessica Hamzelou Edward Jenner performing his first vaccination against smallpoxDEA PICTURE LIBRARY/De Agostini Many of the people behind the most significant medical discoveries of the past 300 years wouldn’t have got into medical school by today’s standards, because they either studied the “wrong” subjects, got low grades or didn’t follow the rules. The finding…
Getty Images Rehman Asad/NurPhoto via Getty Images Medics in Africa say they are facing growing strains as they fight the coronavirus A doctor working at a clinic in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, says medics are struggling with delays in protective gear In Kenya, healthcare representatives say they are seeing the number of coronavirus cases grow among those working…
The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended granting marketing authorization for Moderna’s new RNA-based vaccine, mNexspike, for preventing COVID-19 in people aged 12 years or older. The vaccine was approved in May 2025 by the US FDA for individuals aged 65 years or older or aged 12-64 years
KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Affordable Care Act subsidies on Crooked Media’s What a Day on Dec. 10 and on Slate’s What Next on Dec. 9. Click here to hear Rovner on What a Day. Click here to hear Rovner on What Next. KFF Health News Washington health policy reporter Amanda
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