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| Dried blood spot samples (DBS) is an accurate alternative to venous blood in detecting SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests, a new study by immunology experts at the University of Birmingham has found. read |
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| Gauteng Premier, David Makhura, has placed the provincial Health Department head, Professor Mkhululi Lukhele, on immediate precautionary suspension for allegedly failing to exercise responsibility in the Covid-19 related procurement...read |
| | MSD (a tradename of Merck & Co) has entered into non-exclusive voluntary licensing agreements with two generic manufacturers for doravirine (100 mg) - the company's oral non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) indicated for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults...read |
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| ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM While your competition might be slowing down, the fourth quarter allows you the element of surprise, finish 2020 strong and in pole position for the first quarter of 2021... Read |
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| | | With first emergency use authorisations for Covid-19 vaccines expected to be effective in the last quarter of 2020, logistics providers are challenged to rapidly establish medical supply chains to deliver serums of unparalleled amounts of more than ten billion doses worldwide... Read | | ISSUED BY NIELSEN A new Nielsen report, The Covid-19 Behavioural Reset, delves into how shoppers are redesigning their product choices and predicts that many pandemic consumption patterns are set to become entrenched essential routines... Read |
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| JERRY JOHN NUTOR There are more than living with HIV in Zambia. The primary source of infection is from mother to child during pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding... Read |
| JAMES STENT A new study led by Ezintsha, a University of the Witwatersrand-based HIV treatment research group, has revealed that newer antiretroviral (ARV) treatment regimens lead to worryingly high levels of weight gain, particularly in women.... Read |
Aesthetic Medicine |
| MAUREEN ALLEM, ISSUED BY RENEWAL INSTITUTE Skin Renewal's Umhlanga branch is finally relocating to exciting new premises in The Umhlanga Arch, Durban's "premier destination for living your best life"... Read |
Oncology |
| To mark the end of the National Bone Marrow Stem Cell Donation and Leukaemia Awareness Month, which is observed from the 15 August to 15 October, the Sunflower Fund is urging South Africans to support its flagship campaign, Sunflower Day... Read |
Pharmaceuticals |
| ISSUED BY BIOPLUS® VIT-ALITY The demands of the 21st century take their toll on all of us, and 2020 has been a year filled with additional pandemic curveballs we could never have dreamed, we'd have to face. The challenge of staying healthy has seen many scrambling for any form of vitamin and mineral supplementation available; this at a time where expert advice and quality products should be our top priority... Read |
| MPHO SHARON MAKALENG Pharmaceutical manufacturers should focus on reducing faults and working closely with pharmacies to manage medicine stocks better... Read |
Women's Health |
| ISSUED BY ACDOCO SA Dryness, itching, burning or pain in the female genital area is a problem for nearly half of all women over the age of 45. Too many suffer in silence and many don't seek treatment... Read |
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| Orange has announced the launch of its online training platform "Orange Campus Africa" in partnership with the Virtual University of Senegal (UVS) during GSMA Thrive Africa. Hosted at its data centre in Côte d'Ivoire, it was designed to bring together content from renowned partners in education and training in one place... Read |
| The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets in August showing that improvement remains slow amid insufficient capacity... Read |
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| JESSICA TENNANT Cape Town-based marketers Hillel Chemel and Jonathan Mayer recently launched Fundi.Digital to bridge the gap between South African businesses and local freelance marketing professionals... Read |
| While not expected to show the same growth as previous years, retail mega-event Black Friday could still help local retailers struggling to make up lost lockdown revenue... Read |
| SEAN SULLIVAN Changes in consumer habits have taken place on a massive scale due to lockdowns and social distancing decrees. Consumers have had to adapt to work without offices, fitness without gyms... Read |
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