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R100m injection for Gqeberha's private health sector
5+ hour, 24+ min ago (535+ words) A R100m private healthcare investment has injected new life into Gqeberha's medical landscape, with the official opening of Cure Day Hospitals in Newton Park. The state-of-the-art facility " developed at a cost split between R50m in operations and a further R50m in property " signals…...
Big win for big tobacco in SA as toughest bill yet gets watered down
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (542+ words) Health & Science Correspondent MPs are planning to amend the draft Tobacco Products & Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill to soften its restrictions on vapes, allow informal traders to continue selling single cigarettes, and strip out some of the harshest penalties for…...
NMU researchers claim prestigious prize in Thailand
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (408+ words) A unique take on how fashion might function as a tool for representing the lived experience of endometriosis has earned two Gqeberha researchers international acclaim. Mieke Janse van Rensburg and Micaela Scholtz, from Nelson Mandela University's department of visual arts,…...
More than 70 DRC medics infected with Ebola since outbreak started: WHO
1+ week, 2+ day ago (198+ words) A senior World Health Organisation (WHO) official said on Friday that 75 medics in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had been infected with Ebola and 17 of them had died since the current outbreak started there. Ebola was thought to be…...
Australia reports first suspected case of H5 bird flu
1+ week, 2+ day ago (215+ words) Australia has detected its first suspected mainland case of H5 N1 bird flu in a remote part of the country's southwest, authorities said on Friday. A migratory sea bird known as a brown skua, found in Western Australia's Cape Le Grand National…...
Diabetes emerges as SA's leading killer, prompting calls for urgent action
1+ week, 5+ day ago (686+ words) Diabetes has become one of South Africa's most pressing public health challenges, claiming tens of thousands of lives each year and emerging as the country's leading natural cause of death. This status has been officially recognised by the Diabetes Alliance…...
IN MY VIEW | Eastern Cape government committed to eradicating unsafe school toilets
2+ week, 2+ day ago (582+ words) The Eastern Cape department of education, under the leadership of MEC Fundile Gade, remains firmly committed to the eradication of unsafe sanitation facilities in schools across the province. The department continues to regard this matter as both a concern for…...
Drugmakers warn imports are squeezing out local suppliers
2+ week, 4+ day ago (550+ words) Health & Science Correspondent Local pharmaceutical manufacturers have sounded a warning over the health department's growing reliance on imported medicines, saying it threatens jobs and the country's security of supply. Over more than a decade, importers have gained a steadily increasing…...
Alison Botha backs bold new book redefining sadness and healing
2+ week, 4+ day ago (480+ words) Counselling psychologist and executive coach Greg Smith is encouraging readers to rethink their relationship with sadness, grief, fear and other uncomfortable emotions in his newly released book, In Pursuit of Sadness: Gateway to Authentic Happiness. The book is so powerful,…...
US scrambles to contain flesh-eating screwworm outbreak
3+ week, 2+ day ago (717+ words) After the first confirmation of the flesh-eating parasite screwworm on a US farm in decades, federal and state officials have fanned out in South Texas, where a calf was found infested this week. US agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins said on…...