Geoff Makhubo unveils the land which will be used to house residents relocated from Covid-19 hotspots around Johannesburg. PHOTO: Azarrah Karrim/News24 Zandspruit residents were urged by Joburg Mayor Geoff Makhubo to not disrupt a temporary housing construction project.He said the national government directed them to create temporary housing structures as an emergency in response to…
Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu. (GCIS) Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has said land occupations would not be tolerated.She said during the lockdown, government had both the police and the South African National Defence Force to assist in preventing land occupations.Sisulu said while land occupations were illegal, nobody would be evicted from…
(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