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A groundbreaking 2021 autopsy study by the National Institute for Occupational Health reveals concerning patterns of lung diseases among South African miners, despite decades of regulations. The report highlights urgent needs for enhanced worker protection and healthcare reforms, while showcasing the critical role of post-mortem surveillance in securing compensation for affected families.
Residents of the Vaal said they were frustrated about the lack of service delivery in the area in spite of complaining to officials for almost two decades.
The Free State Department of Health can confirm that a second person has died of cholera. The patient stayed at Parys in the Free State, a 42-year-old woman died at Boitumelo Hospital in Kroonstad.
Last week, a cholera outbreak caused deaths in Tshwane. Deaths were also reported in the Free State, with rumours that cases had been reported in Limpopo.
Poor governance, ineffective management, increasing debt and underspending on public infrastructure like wastewater treatment plans have all contributed to poor water quality.
Gift of the Givers has heeded the call and delivered thousands of litres of water to a hospital in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria on Monday, after 15 people died due to a cholera outbreak.
March is known as World TB Month and on March 24, World TB Day is observed.
Early tuberculosis (TB) detection is important for the stability of the economy, medical experts and scientists say, as the world gears up for world TB day on Friday.
The latest report released by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) confirmed six cases of cholera in Gauteng.
Kassanda District is one of the epicentres of the outbreak, which has claimed the lives of over 50 people in Uganda. Last month, health ministers from nine African countries agreed on joint measures to stop the potential spread of the ongoing Ebola disease outbreak in Uganda and beyond its borders.
True to form, Fauci used his final press briefing to strongly encourage Americans to get Covid vaccines and booster shots, and touted the effectiveness of masks, all of which became partisan totems in the US.
WHO says that since the first case was confirmed on October 5, over 1 400 suspected cases have been reported across the country, including 381 laboratory-confirmed cases and 17 deaths.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams say they are are working in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in Uganda to set up an initial emergency response to help stop the disease from spreading further, MSF said this week.
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said since the confirmation of laboratory-confirmed monkeypox cases, there have been no fatalities.
Former Philippine President Fidel Ramos died from Covid-19 complications on Sunday afternoon at the age of 94.
The President of the United States — who is ‘fully vaccinated’ and has had two booster jabs — has contracted the respiratory illness and is experiencing ‘mild symptoms’.
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced it will convene an emergency meeting after more than 6 000 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in 58 countries
Latest data released Tuesday by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) showed the number of confirmed monkeypox cases in Britain has reached 1,076.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel of 21 medical experts has unanimously approved the use of Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines on children aged 6 months to 5 years.
The UK leads in the number of confirmed infections and suspected cases of monkeypox globally.
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) have confirmed an outbreak of enteric fever (commonly known as typhoid fever) in the Western Cape and North West provinces.