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People are emptying pharmacy shelves of an over-the-counter heartburn drug in the hopes that it might fight the novel coronavirus — before researchers have completed a trial of it for that use.After reports about a clinical trial of famotidine, the active ingredient in Pepcid, a best-selling antacid, for coronavirus patients at the Feinstein Institutes for…

Looking at how many more people are dying than usual gives an idea of the coronavirus pandemic’s true effect – and suggests a far higher death toll in many countries Health 29 April 2020 By Michael Le Page Michael Dantas/Afp Via Getty Images WITH few countries doing enough testing to identify anywhere near all the…

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, the journal in which the findings are published. The study was the work of Bumsoo Kim, Ph.D., of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in Israel.“Incivility,” as defined in the research, refers to the use of language that employs “hostile, hateful, aggressive, and aspersive terms.” Specifically, the author cites name-calling, swear…

The ANC says it will be young South Africans who will lead the country into a more just and thriving era, post Covid-19.The governing party's treasurer-general, Paul Mashatile, held an online lecture on Tuesday, via the ANC's Facebook page, to celebrate 26 years of South Africa's freedom.The country's first democratic elections took place on 27…

Concerned Mkhize unleashes big guns to deal with Covid-19 in Eastern Cape"More people will continue testing positive as the worst is yet to come. But our dedicated workers are ready, willing and able to deal with this outbreak. As such, more people will recover from this virus so we need more people to be tested…