EU approves treatment for prostate cancer
Zurich – The European Union has approved a new treatment against an advanced type of prostate cancer by Novartis,... Read more
13 Dec, 2022
More South Africans are smoking – higher taxes and stronger law enforcement are needed
Sam Filby, University of Cape Town and Corne van Walbeek, University of Cape Town Tobacco use imposes a significant... Read more
11 Dec, 2022
Ebola trial vaccines arrive in Uganda
Kampala – Uganda on Thursday received its first shipment of trial vaccines against a strain of Ebola that has... Read more
9 Dec, 2022
Negotiations on global pandemic treaty to start in February: WHO
Geneva – Negotiations on a draft global agreement to better combat the next pandemic will begin in February next... Read more
8 Dec, 2022
UN anxious for unfettered aid access to Tigray
Geneva – The United Nations still cannot get unfettered access to bring humanitarian aid into Ethiopia’s war-torn northern Tigray... Read more
4 Dec, 2022
Ghana must stop chaining mental health patients, says HRW
Accra – Ghana should take immediate steps to end the shackling of people with real or perceived mental health... Read more
2 Dec, 2022
China signals zero-Covid relaxation after protests
Beijing – China’s top Covid official and multiple cities have signalled a possible relaxing of the country’s strict zero-tolerance... Read more
1 Dec, 2022
Alzheimer’s drug data shows results but also risks
Tokyo – Experts hailed full data on Wednesday showing a new drug can slow cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients,... Read more
30 Nov, 2022
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT | Shock as baby girl is born with ‘extremely rare’ 6cm-long tail ‘covered in hair and skin’
Cape Town – In an extremely rare medical case, doctors in Mexico were reportedly left in shock after a... Read more
29 Nov, 2022
Police detain three people at Shanghai protest site
Shanghai – Chinese police detained three people on Monday at a site in Shanghai where demonstrators gathered over the... Read more
28 Nov, 2022
