As governments around the globe battle to contain the spread of covid-19, the role of public health has been brought into stark focus. Iran, crippled by US sanctions and without some of the most basic pubic health infrastructures, has seen infection rates increase exponentially. Economically secure nations aren’t safe either. Italy has some of the […]
Read MoreAn online survey in the US has found that although gay and bisexual men who used PrEP(Pre Exposure Prophylaxis) had significantly more condomless sex with non-primary partners than men who didn’t use PrEP, they were less likely to be anxious. A relationship seen in previous studies between higher rates of condomless sex and more anxiety did not […]
Read MoreA new report, commissioned by child and adolescent health experts from the World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF and The Lancet, reveals that no single country is adequately protecting children’s health. The report, titled A Future for the World’s Children, finds that the health and future of children and adolescents worldwide is under immediate threat from […]
Read MoreThe 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), known colloquially as coronavirus, is a new type respiratory illness first identified in Wuhan, China. It has since gone on to claim more lives than the 2002/2003 SARs outbreak, prompting global fears of a potential pandemic. Person-to-person infection occurs through respiratory droplets – when someone with the virus coughs or […]
Read Moremedworx update … The WHO has recommended pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, as an additional HIV prevention choice for people with a high risk of being infected. Truvada has been licensed in South Africa. For the first time university and college students will be able to access HIV prevention medication called Truvada. This was announced on […]
Read Moremedworx update … Researchers have developed a once-a-week pill to prevent HIV. The drug will take years before it is available, because it has to go through lengthy trials. This would be a welcome alternative to the pre-exposure prophylaxis pills available in most countries including Kenya, which must be swallowed daily. In May last […]
Read Moremedworx update … JOHANNESBURG, March 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Before 20-year-old Lebogang Motsumi even had sex with her first “blesser” – or sugar daddy – a successful, married, company boss more than twice her age, he handed her a wad of cash. He was soon making regular deposits into her bank account, paying […]
Read Moremedworx update … BOSTON — Almost half (45.2%) of all US men tested with a swab of the penis in a nationwide sample were positive for at least 1 of 37 strains of human papillomavirus (HPV), reported researchers here at the American Urological Association (AUA) 2017 Annual Meeting. The high prevalence of DNA-detected […]
Read Moremedworx update … (Reuters Health) – African-American and white women who regularly chemically straighten their hair or dye it dark brown or black have an elevated risk of breast cancer, new research suggests. “I would be concerned about darker hair dye and hair straighteners,” epidemiologist Tamarra James-Todd said after reviewing the report online now […]
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