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DIY Treats: Rice Krispie Treats

Rice Krispie Treats If you have excess cereal that your children do not want to eat as they are not going to school, this recipe will help with that. Ingredients: • 8 Cups Rice Krispies • 8 Cups Marshmallows • 8 tbsp Butter • Sweets/ Sprinkles (optional) Melt the butter ...
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Covid-19 treatments that have shown promise

DURBAN - While there are no specific vaccines or treatments for Covid-19, some treatment trials have shown promise in helping those infected by calming an overreacting immune system or targeting the coronavirus, either by destroying it or stopping it from replicating. In a review in the British Journal of Pharmacology, ...
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How two Stellies students started the Uber of tutoring

CAPE TOWN -Friends Luke Tollman and Elijah Greenhill took their lockdown struggles as university students and started UNLOCK, an all-inclusive student platform to ease the learning experience for other students during lockdown. Launching off a tutoring base, UNLOCK also offers mentorship and has strict vetting criteria to become a tutor ...
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DIY Household Hacks: Iron Cleaner

Iron Cleaner If your clothes are getting stuck to your iron or there are black marks on your iron, this will help remove it. Materials: • 1/2 Cup Water • 1/2 Baking Soda • Old Toothbrush • Cotton Buds Mix equal parts water and baking soda together to form a ...
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Who is Dr Stella Immanuel ?

DURBAN - The debate on the use of hydroxychloroquine to ward off (to treat) coronavirus has once again come into the spotlight. This comes after Dr Stella Immanuel, a doctor from Houston USA, said in a video which garnered millions of views online, that she has successfully treated 350 coronavirus ...
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Moderna could provide a billion vaccine doses in 2021

CAPE TOWN- Biotech firm Moderna who recently began its Phase 3 trial in pursuit of a coronavirus vaccine says it remains on track to be able to deliver 500 million doses per year, and possibly up to a billion doses per year, beginning in 2021. The clinical stage biotechnology company ...
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SA Olympian to live stream gymnastic routine

CAPE TOWN -Caitlin Rooskrantz was due to perform at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo this month but due to the Covid-19 global pandemic, the games have been postponed and Rooskrantz decided to live-stream her routine on Sunday August 2. Sunday would be the exact date the 18-year-old would have ...
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Final tests of Covid-19 vaccine gets underway

DURBAN - The final-stage testing of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., got underway on Monday with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers helping to test shots created by the U.S. government in one of several candidates in the final stretch of the ...
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DIY Treats: Microwave Fudge

Microwave Fudge This treat is perfect for any day and is easy to make. It takes approximately 12 minutes to make this recipe. Ingredients: • 1 can full cream condensed milk • 100 g margarine • 500 ml castor sugar • 5 ml vanilla essence Add margarine, condensed milk and ...
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How Covid-19 changed NHI plans

CAPE TOWN -The coronavirus has exposed the shortcomings in the current system and its impact shows the need for a new National Health Insurance (NHI) says NHI fund developer and consultant at the Department of Health, Dr Nicholas Crisp. In an interview on SAfm, Crisp said the virus highlighted  the ...
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