by Women's Health | Jul 22, 2020 | Health
South Africa has the biggest HIV epidemic in the world, with close to 8 million people living with the disease. With South Africa having recorded over 373 628 cases of COVID-19 positive cases so far, it’s no surprise that there have been questions around how the virus...
by Women's Health | Jul 2, 2020 | Health
Since the last day of December in 2019 (when COVID-19 was first reported) we didn’t know a lot about the virus, how it presents and how it plays out in the body. But experts have done tons more research since then, and while we still don’t have all the answers, we...
by Women's Health | Jun 26, 2020 | Health
If there’s one thing that everyone in the world is waiting for, it’s this: a COVID-19 vaccine! Because there are no known cures for the virus yet, our best bet in preventing and controlling this pandemic and finally settling into our ‘new normal’ lives. South Africa...
by Women's Health | Jun 19, 2020 | Health
As more job sectors in South Africa begin to open, the risk of infection also becomes greater — a new study reminds us that we shouldn’t feel safe and let our guards down when we’re in close proximity to someone that doesn’t ‘look or sound’ like they have COVID-19....
by Women's Health | Jun 17, 2020 | Health
In an interesting turn of events, a cheap and widely used steroid drug called dexamethasone is the first drug that’s been shown to have the ability to save the life of a COVID-19 patient that’s experiencing a severe form of the virus. This is according to researchers...
