South Africa has recorded another laboratory-confirmed mpox case, raising the total number of cases to 25. The Department of Health made the announcement on Monday, stating that the new case involves a 38-year-old man from Cape Town. This individual exhibited typical symptoms of mpox, including a headache, mpox lesions on his face, sore throat, muscle … Read more
The Department of Health calls for ongoing public vigilance against Mpox disease as two more laboratory-confirmed cases have been detected in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. The recent cases come 26 days after the last cases of Mpox were reported in South Africa. TWO NEW CASES OF MPOX DETECTED Department of Health spokesperson Foster Mohale said the … Read more
The SA Medical Association of South Africa (SAMA) calls for President-elect Cyril Ramaphosa to downsize his cabinet and prioritise the health budget. The call comes as Ramaphosa was duly elected during the first sitting of the National Assembly at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Friday, 14 June. SA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION CALLS FOR CABINET … Read more
LONDON — The British government finally apologized Monday for one of the country’s worst-ever healthcare disasters. After years of campaigning by victims, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said sorry on behalf of the U.K. state for the infected blood scandal, a decades-long failure “at the heart of our national life” that should “shake our nation to … Read more
Dr. Phophi Ramathuba, the Health MEC of Limpopo, has made a compassionate visit to South African citizens hospitalised in Botswana after a tragic road accident, which claimed the lives of at least seven South Africans in the neighboring country. South Africa crash victims hospitalised in Botswana Last week, the accident occurred following a gathering of … Read more
FILE: Maui, Hawaii. Brandon Colbert/Getty Images Several coastal areas in Hawaii are under a brown water advisory after high surf reached roadways, potentially bringing animal feces, pesticides, pathogens and a brew of other unwanted debris into the islands’ normally pristine ocean, according to Hawaii’s Clean Water Branch division of the Department of Health. Multiple advisories were … Read more
