MEC Jacob Mamabolo on June 11, 2020 in Sandton. Gallo Images/Luba Lesolle Gauteng Transport MEC Jacob Mamabolo has been appointed acting Health MEC by Premier David Makhura.The premier made the announcement on Thursday during the provincial command council's media briefing.He told journalists he had placed Bandile Masuku on leave pending an investigation into tender corruption…
The Scooter Project was launched in the Eastern Cape. The health department confirmed the Bid Adjudication Committee was reviewing the deal due to "public discomfort".The scooter manufacturer welcomed the "normal oversight" work.The initiative, launched by Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on 12 June, raised questions and sparked outrage across the country. A R10 million tender awarded to…
The Food and Drug Administration has updated its list of cinnamon products with dangerously high levels of lead, bringing the total to 21. The alert now includes Wise Wife brand ground cinnamon from SLR Food Distribution Inc., of Hicksville, NY. The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Analytical Chemistry collected and analyzed samples of this
(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