Taxi association Santaco has vowed to shut down operations from Monday as a protest against a R1.135 billion relief package announced by Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula. Taxi association Santaco says a R1.135-billion relief fund from government will not be sufficient for the industry.The industry is losing R25 million daily, with taxis carrying 30% less of…
Taxis get disinfected at the Esangweni Taxi Rank in Gauteng. Santaco suspends briefing where it intended to discuss its withdrawal from government negotiations.Santaco says this comes after its president spoke with the Minister of Transport.The body's leadership is looking at a way forwardThe South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) suspended a media briefing on Wednesday…
(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