A cheap steroid, which is available from R149 an injection in South Africa, has been hailed as a breakthrough treatment to reduce fatalities among severely ill Covid-19 patients.
The widely available steroid drug dexamethasone may be key in helping to treat the sickest Covid-19 patients who require ventilation or oxygen, according to researchers in the United Kingdom.
Threatened by a voter backlash to the catastrophic impact of the coronavirus lockdown in the 2021 local elections, the African National Congress (ANC) and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) are working together to undermine the Constitution and postpone the elections – not for a month or two, but for three years.
The Durex advert showcases three couples, two heterosexual and one homosexual, being intimate with each other before reaching for a condom. It is believed to be the first time a same-sex couple has appeared in a Polish commercial.
Road safety organisations are calling for tougher measures instead of banning the sale of alcohol.
Surveying 1,782 LGBTQ people across the United States, AARP found that gay men over the age of 45 are more likely to be single.
Reiki offers incredible potential for healing and spiritual development.
Mikao Usui is the father of Reiki and successfully healed thousands of people with physical, spiritual, and emotional problems.
Reiki has become popular in South Africa during the past 20 years but has been around for 80 years.
As the world races to produce an effective Covid-19 vaccine, some experts are turning their attention to a polio vaccine as a way to provide temporary protection against coronavirus.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has revealed that the National Coronavrius Command Council has not been established in terms of an Act of Parliament.
Flawed methods. Faulty materials. Here’s how to make sense of the wildly different results from current antibody testing.
According to Bill Gates, who appeared on a CNN Town Hall on Thursday, the U.S. system for coronavirus testing is mostly pointless as it currently exists. It isn’t that testing is inherently unhelpful. The problem is the way it’s being conducted in this country.
CoinDesk columnist Nic Carter is a partner at Castle Island Ventures, a venture fund based in Cambridge, Mass. that focuses on public blockchains. He is also the co-founder of Coin Metrics, a blockchain analytics startup.
The Covid-19 death toll may be less than half what has been recorded because many victims of the pandemic would have died soon anyway, one of Britain’s leading medics has said.
Frontline COVID-19 doctors this week have gone public saying they feel pressured to show COVID-19 as cause-of-death on certificates of patients suspected of having the virus when they also have had underlying medical conditions.
The Ministerial Advisory Committee (MAC) is recommending making a distinction between patients who have died as having Covid-19 present, Covid-19-related, or Covid-19 caused, as debate over why no other cause of death is registered on death certificates of people who die with other serious conditions besides the virus.
A psychiatrist’s analysis exposes how the government’s arguments include flawed estimates of how many SA smokers will get Covid-19, incorrect study references and false claims.
A leaked ANC document shows the foundation of prescribed assets and Cyril bangs the drum of an “economic reset”.
Kobe City General Medical Hospital study on a thousand blood samples: only 0,01% died of Covid. The prudence of scientists: do not let your guard down.
Pandemic Data Analysis (Panda) looked at the data around Covid 19 and lockdowns and have found the evidence wanting.
Here are some tips for caring for someone in your household who suspects they have coronavirus, is waiting for test results, or has confirmed they have coronavirus and is only showing mild symptoms:
