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Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize this week provided an update on investigations into a National Health Insurance communications contract which is mired in controversy. That same morning, MPs were again reminded of how critical an independent NHI board will be. One organisation has proposed an ad...
The medicine hydroxychloroquine, popularised by former US president Donald Trump, does not decrease deaths from Covid-19, probably does not reduce the number of people needing mechanical ventilation, and does not prevent Covid-19. The authors of a Cochrane review published in February 2021 recommended that no new trials of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for treating Covid-19 should be started. Cochrane is a highly respected non-profit organisation. It publishes high-quality reviews that evaluate medical interventions. Many doctors consider conclusions of Cochrane review to be definitive. W...
Trial and error: How scientists studied drugs touted to treat COVID-19 Eyewitness News looks back on one of the drugs that was famously touted - even by people in influence - as part of a treatment regimen for COVID-19. Remdesivir, which previously failed in trials against Ebola, is being touted as helping to improve outcomes against the COVID-19 illness. Picture: AFP CAPE TOWN - Last year on this day, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. At the time, the virus - thought to have ori...
Hydroxychloroquine, the drug touted by former US President Donald Trump as a 'game changer', does not reduce deaths from the virus and may even cause unwanted damage, recent studies have found...