Article addresses management of cancer care during COVID-19
Management of cancer care during the COVID-19 pandemic is addressed in a special feature article published online in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer...
Cumulative dose of oral steroids associated with hypertension Incidence
For adults with any of six chronic inflammatory diseases, a cumulative dose of oral glucocorticoids is associated with an increased incidence of hypertension, according...
Medical sector cooperative developing niche products for shareholders
MediCoop is developing investment, finance and insurance solutions specific for health professionals’ individual and business circumstances. MediCoop’s members are also shareholders.
Medicoop investment services
MediCoop’s savings products...
Despite FWA Summit postponement, Section 59 report still to be released...
In its statement announcing the postponement of the Fraud, Waste and Abuse (FWA) Summit from 2 to 3 April in Durban to a date...
Africa Health moved from May to October
After consultation with partners from around the world, the organisers of the annual Africa Health Exposition and Conference have decided to postpone this year’s...
SAMA calls for telemedicine regulations to be relaxed in COVID-19 fight
The South African Medical Association (SAMA) says it supports the measures announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa 15 March to contain the spread of coronavirus...
Therapeutic options for COVID-19 patients: CDC
There are no US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs specifically for the treatment of patients with COVID-19. At present clinical management includes infection...
SAMA advises surgeons to only provide emergency care
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the South African Medical Association advises that all surgeons should consider providing only emergency care.
The COVID -19 pandemic is...
Top stories you may have missed
Here are some of the articles MedBrief Africa readers found the most interesting in the past week
Union to fight for doctor’s right to be protected against coronavirus
In the first COVID-19 labour-related court case in South Africa, trade union Solidarity will lodge an urgent application at the Labour Court on behalf...
Virus has natural origin, not ‘genetic engineering’
The analysis of public genome sequence data from SARS-CoV-2 and related viruses found no evidence that the virus was made in a laboratory or...
SA to participate in international COVID-19 trial
South Africa is one of 10 countries that will be joining the international Solidarity Trial that will be investigating and comparing the efficacy of...
Coronavirus stable for several hours on surfaces
The virus
that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is stable for several hours to
days in aerosols and on surfaces, scientists from the National Institutes of
Health,...
Notification obligations under a medical malpractice insurance policy
Medical
malpractice insurance is a practical necessity in the current litigious environment,
as an unfavourable judgment can lead to severe financial and reputation
consequences.
Some of
the most serious...
SASA issues COVID-19 recommendations for specialists
Following its highly successful congress in Pretoria last week, the South African Society for Anaesthesiologists (SASA) has issued extensive communication aimed at ensuring that...
Clinical trial of investigational vaccine for COVID-19 begins in the US
A Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating an investigational vaccine designed to protect against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has begun at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health...
COVID-19 community outbreak: will SA have enough critical care beds?
Will South Africa have enough critical care (CC) hospital beds if the outbreak becomes community-based and not merely infections from overseas travellers?
Addressing this question...