Limpopo villagers demand action on failing clinic
Residents of Valdezia want a new clinic, open for longer hours
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Epileptic woman has to sleep on concrete floor at hospital
Eastern Cape health department says Uitenhage Provincial Hospital has too few beds for increased demand
New hospital for Elim at last
But no date has been set by the Department of Health and the old hospital is crumbling
From caps to needles: Durban’s whoonga drug culture is changing
People who use heroin in Durban are increasingly switching from smoking to injecting, causing public health concerns
Patients to be moved from Cofimvaba Hospital as nurses down tools
The Eastern Cape health department has issued an ultimatum to return to work
Hundreds join Cape Flats “recovery walk”
The annual event celebrating recovery from substance use started in 2015
California’s Factory Farms Are Perilously Close to Your Produce, New Report Finds
More than 90 percent of the polluting facilities are located less than a mile from water used to irrigate fruits and vegetables.
One of Cape Town’s few free rehab centres has closed its doors to adults
Concerns over further budget cuts and their impact on access to rehabilitation
Médecins Sans Frontières closes hospital amid rising violence in Haiti
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) — also known as Doctors Without Borders — announced Wednesday they were temporarily closing their hospital in the Cité Soleil district of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, citing rising gang…
India grants Novavax Covid-19 vaccine emergency use authorisation for teens
On Tuesday, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) granted emergency use authorisation to Novavax Covid-19 vaccine Covovax for use on teenagers aged between 12 and
Australian authorities probe rapid antigen test price gouging
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) launched an investigation into allegations of price gouging for COVID-19 rapid antigen tests (RATs) today following referrals from the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission…
Texas governor bans COVID-19 vaccine mandate by any 'entity'
In an executive order on Monday, Texas governor Greg Abbott banned any "entity in Texas" from requiring vaccination against the COVID-19 virus, claiming that "countless Texans" object to receiving a vaccine against…
Latrobe City, Australia records first COVID-19 case since January 12 with new Traralgon case
Latrobe City in Victoria, Australia recorded its first COVID-19 case in over seven months, after it was announced a person in Traralgon had tested positive to COVID-19 on
Australia: AstraZeneca vaccine access expanded by Victorian government
As of Monday, residents of Victoria, Australia aged between 18 and 39 are now able to provide informed consent to receive the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at a state-run COVID-19 vaccination
Australia: Victorian lockdown lifted
At 11:59 pm on Tuesday, the Australian state of Victoria ended its stay at home restrictions, which included a five-kilometre (3.1-mile) travel restriction, ending the lockdown that had been in place for two
According to recent study, deaths in India number roughly 4 million during COVID-19 pandemic
In a paper published earlier this week, the US-based Center for Global Development wrote that excess deaths in India during the COVID-19 pandemic are believed to number between 3.4 to 5 million between May 2020 and June…
South Australia enters week-long lockdown to contain COVID-19 Delta variant spread
With five active cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19, South Australia begun a one-week lockdown on Monday. Announcing the lockdown, state Premier Steven Marshall declared "we have no alternative but to impose some…
Australia: Victoria lockdown extended by a week with 85 active cases recorded
Yesterday, with 85 active cases of COVID-19 in the Australian state of Victoria, Premier Daniel Andrews has extended the state's current lockdown by a week until July 27 at 11:59 p.m. (0159
National Health Service England waiting list at highest on record for second consecutive month
The number of patients in England waiting for treatment by the National Health Service reached 5.3 million in May, data Thursday indicated, the highest since records began in April 2007 for the second consecutive
Arizona bans abortion for genetic abnormalities
On Tuesday, the Governor of the US state of Arizona Doug Ducey signed into law a bill banning abortion if sought solely because of a foetus' genetic
