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Johnson & Johnson to stop sale of talcum baby powder globally

Johnson & Johnson to stop sale of talcum baby powder globally

15 Aug 2022

Source: REUTERS. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

WHO ranked the most influential UN-recognised body on Twitter

17 Jun 2022

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Kenya puts in place tougher labelling for baby foods, bottles, teats and pacifiers

Antonina Mutoro 14 Apr 2022

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Digital therapeutics revenue from health insurers to reach $8bn globally by 2026

14 Mar 2022

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Multi-national investment banks announce exodus from Russia

Katja Hamilton 11 Mar 2022

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Attacks on Ukrainian hospitals, ambulances increasing rapidly

11 Mar 2022

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FIRST: Johns Hopkins receives grant for psilocybin research

26 Jan 2022

No African brands in Brand Finance Global 500 2022 Report

26 Jan 2022

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome pledge $300m to combat Covid-19

21 Jan 2022

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Wunderman Thompson reveals The Future 100: 2022

19 Jan 2022

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Combined Covid-19 and flu booster could be available within two years

18 Jan 2022

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Man receives a genetically-modified pig heart in the world's first transplant of its kind

17 Jan 2022

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GlaxoSmithKline rejects Unilever's £50bn bid for consumer health unit

17 Jan 2022

#FestiveTogether: Joining in wishing you all a blessed festive season

#FestiveTogether: Joining in wishing you all a blessed festive season

Bizcommunity.com 15 Dec 2021

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Biovac gears up to manufacture Pfizer vaccine

6 Dec 2021

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Dutch in arms: Omicron detected on SA flight

28 Nov 2021

Source: Reuters/Sumaya Hisham

Omicron explained: Why scientists are worried

Alistair Smout, Alexander Winning, Tim Cocks, Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo, Stephanie Nebehay 28 Nov 2021

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Technology: healthcare enabler or disrupter?

Danette Breitenbach 19 Nov 2021

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New nanomedicine delivers improved outcome for prostate cancer

11 Nov 2021

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R3.5m grant for Pan-African vaccine development

10 Nov 2021

Source:© supplied Prof Lucille Blumberg

Infectious diseases expert, Prof Blumberg, joins Right to Care

9 Nov 2021

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First oral Covid-19 medicine authorised in the UK

8 Nov 2021

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New global drug policy index finds most countries fail drug policy

8 Nov 2021

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Pharmaceutical companies collaborate against climate change

5 Nov 2021

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Telehealth app bridges gap in healthcare in Africa

4 Nov 2021

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Medtech sector key to SA's economic recovery

2 Nov 2021

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First Covid-19 oral antiviral medicine in submission stage

29 Oct 2021

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G20 leaders called on to correct Covid-19 vaccine discrepencies

26 Oct 2021

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Moscow's AI medical services rated

19 Oct 2021

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SA to re-emerge in strong position post-Covid

14 Oct 2021

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