Health 22 September 2020 By Nilanjana Bhowmick A woman wearing a mask passes by a coronavirus-related mural in Mumbai, IndiaHindustan Times via Getty Images India is on track to overtake the US as the country with the highest number of coronavirus cases worldwide. With more than 5.56 million recorded cases, India set a new record with 97,859…
Rehman Asad/NurPhoto via Getty Images Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says there is a need for Gauteng to start ramping up screenings and testing for Covid-19. Mkhize says cluster outbreaks were inevitable as the country moved to Level 3.The Western Cape and Eastern Cape are also being closely watched by the department, with senior managers being…
(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