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How nurses who moonlight and do agency work strain the health system

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imageThe nursing profession has a profound shortage of nurses, which is compounded by nurses who moonlight, work overtime or work for agencies.Jon Hrusa/EPA

Between 2009 and 2010, the South African government spent over US$212.6million (about R1.49 billion) hiring nurses for the public health sector from nursing agencies.

In the same period, the...

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More research is good, but not if wind experts are told what to find

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imageDiminishing returns: how long should experts be expected to search for health problems no one has proved are real?EPA/Horacio Villalobos/AAP Image

It is said that the solution to the ills of democracy is more democracy, and the same goes for science too. Generally speaking, it’s never a problem to bring more science to bear on an issue.

In...

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How surveillance is wrecking journalist-source confidentiality

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imageWould reporter Bob Woodward have been able to protect Deep Throat’s identity from today's surveillance tools?Reuters/Alex Gallardo

Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward famously used cloak and dagger methods to communicate with his secret source – “Deep Throat” – in the 1972 Watergate investigation which led to the...

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