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Vaccine Hesitancy or Systemic Racism? | 23 Jun 2021
Minority communities and developing-country populations may approach health services cautiously – and with good reason, given the medical profession's history of inhumanity. But, by blaming low COVID-19 vaccination rates on vaccine hesitancy, the pr...
European Africa Personalized Medicine (EU-AFRICA PerMed): Building links between Europe and Africa in Personalised Medicine | 23 Jun 2021
The EU-Africa PerMed project consortium was launched on 4 March 2021 (https://www.euafrica-permed.eu/). This initiative is funded under Horizon 2020, the European framework programme for Research & Innovation.
The EU-Africa PerMed project aims to...
People across the country are pulling out all the stops to help register pensioners for the COVID-19 vaccine, and now pension payout points where thousands queue for their monthly grant, are being targeted.
Volunteers from all walks of life are now...
Rare thromboembolic events have been observed during the vaccination rollout, which have prompted cautionary pauses in vaccinations by some regulatory authorities, including the South Africa Health Products Regulatory Authority. Here, we report inter...