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A long-lasting injectable drug being developed by pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline protects female monkeys from HIV/AIDS, according to two studies published in the journal Science. Read more>
Nearly three years after government gazette two new draft regulations on tobacco, the Health Department and the industry have yet to find common ground on a final draft. Read more>
A new study finds a link between long hours on the job and excess alcohol consumption. Working long hours may raise the risk of alcohol abuse, according to a new study of more than 300,000 people from 14 countries. Read more>
THE City of Cape Town says it will escalate its efforts this year for legislative clarity on the wide range of alternative smoking devices and habits that have become commonplace in South Africa, including the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes). Read more>
A New "super mosquito" has evolved in West Africa which is resistant to insecticide-treated mosquito nets. This could have a big impact on anti-malaria programmes which distribute mosquito nets as a cheap and effective way of protecting people, particularly children, from contracting the disease which kills around 600 000 people a year. Read more>
For couples who can't conceive naturally, in vitro fertilisation (IVF) can cost ten of thousands of rands but that may be changing. Cecilia Biyela* is a 31-year old mom from Nyanga, Cape Town, who struggled for eight years to fall pregnant. Read more>
TENDERPRENEURS operating in the public health sector will soon be hurting as the ANC has decided to stop outsourcing critical services. Read more>
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