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Fauci faces scrutiny: Denies cover-up on Covid-19 origin

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No new Covid-19 variant, claims Health

13 May 2024

Source: AstraZeneca.

AstraZeneca admits to rare Covid-19 vaccine side effects in legal filing

30 Apr 2024

Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Covid-19: Remarkable results from blood donor survey

Michael Cherry and Nathan Geffen 15 Feb 2021

Clinical trials with human volunteers done in South Africa must get approval from the health products regulator. Felix Dlangamandla/Beeld/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Explainer: how South Africa regulates medicines and vaccines

Andy Gray 11 Feb 2021

Impala donates additional ventilators to Rustenburg communities

Impala donates additional ventilators to Rustenburg communities

11 Feb 2021

Healthcare workers to receive J&J jab

10 Feb 2021

Many countries around the world, like Bangladesh, have started Covid-19 vaccination. Kazi Salahuddin Razu/NurPhoto via Getty Images

South Africa didn't take advantage of its role in Covid-19 vaccine trials: why it should have

Keymanthri Moodley & Theresa Rossouw 10 Feb 2021

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask walks past an illustration of a virus outside a regional science centre amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Oldham, Britain August 3, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

Recovered Covid patients likely protected for at least six months, study finds

Kate Kelland 9 Feb 2021

Skwatta Kamp rapper 'Nish' dies due to Covid-19

Skwatta Kamp rapper 'Nish' dies due to Covid-19

8 Feb 2021

Dr Zweli Mkhize, South African health minister

AstraZeneca shot on hold, data shows lower efficacy against SA variant

8 Feb 2021

Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock

Covid vaccine weekly: developing boosters for new mutations

Rob Reddick 8 Feb 2021

Gift of the Givers donates medical equipment to VUT

Gift of the Givers donates medical equipment to VUT

Puleng Maphisa, Vaal University of Technology 8 Feb 2021

Variants, vaccines, and virology - are we protected?

Variants, vaccines, and virology - are we protected?

Felicity Burt, Dominique Goedhals & Sabeeha Vawda 4 Feb 2021

Can organisers be held liable by attendees of super-spreader events?

Can organisers be held liable by attendees of super-spreader events?

Mthokozisi Maphumulo 3 Feb 2021

Health minister, Zweli Mkhize

Covid-19 online vaccination registration opens to healthcare workers

3 Feb 2021

Covid-19 vaccine - will it signal a return to 'normality' for business travel?

Covid-19 vaccine - will it signal a return to 'normality' for business travel?

3 Feb 2021

Computicket founder Percival Tucker dies from Covid-19- related complications

Computicket founder Percival Tucker dies from Covid-19- related complications

3 Feb 2021

Alcohol industry welcomes easing of ban, pleads for transparency

2 Feb 2021

Relief for SA's hospitality sector welcomed as President eases restrictions

Relief for SA's hospitality sector welcomed as President eases restrictions

2 Feb 2021

President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image:

Curfew, booze, beach ban eased

2 Feb 2021

A health worker treats a patient at a temporary field hospital set up by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Khayelitsha township near Cape Town, South Africa, July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Rural SA nurses fear being forgotten in vaccine roll-out

Kim Harrisberg 2 Feb 2021

Study shows that the Novavax vaccine is effective against the dominant variant of Covid-19 in South Africa. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Results from Novavax vaccine trials in the UK and South Africa differ: why, and does it matter?

Ina Skosana 2 Feb 2021

The lowdown on Covid-19 test protocols

The lowdown on Covid-19 test protocols

Bonitas 2 Feb 2021

7 easy ways to help support South African restaurants and wineries during Level 3

7 easy ways to help support South African restaurants and wineries during Level 3

Ruth Cooper 1 Feb 2021

SA health minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize.

UPDATE: First batch of Covid-19 vaccine arrives in SA

1 Feb 2021

Professor Vinny Naidoo, Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Pretoria.

Veterinary expert weighs in on Ivermectin debate

Vinny Naidoo 29 Jan 2021

No booze, less meat: taverns feel the pinch of Covid-19 ban

No booze, less meat: taverns feel the pinch of Covid-19 ban

Tariro Washinyira 29 Jan 2021

Franchise Association voices support for SA restaurant industry

Franchise Association voices support for SA restaurant industry

28 Jan 2021

MTN donates R383m to African Union's Covid-19 vaccination programme

MTN donates R383m to African Union's Covid-19 vaccination programme

28 Jan 2021

Image: Taj Pharma

Sahpra allows controlled use of Ivermectin for Covid-19

28 Jan 2021

New eucalytptus and menthol formulation has excellent anti-viral properties

New eucalytptus and menthol formulation has excellent anti-viral properties

ACDOCO SA 28 Jan 2021

Alcohol industry deserves justification for continued ban - Salba

27 Jan 2021

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Clinical trials with human volunteers done in South Africa must get approval from the health products regulator. Felix Dlangamandla/Beeld/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Explainer: how South Africa regulates medicines and vaccines

Andy Gray 11 Feb 2021

Impala donates additional ventilators to Rustenburg communities

Impala donates additional ventilators to Rustenburg communities

11 Feb 2021

Healthcare workers to receive J&J jab

10 Feb 2021

Many countries around the world, like Bangladesh, have started Covid-19 vaccination. Kazi Salahuddin Razu/NurPhoto via Getty Images

South Africa didn't take advantage of its role in Covid-19 vaccine trials: why it should have

Keymanthri Moodley & Theresa Rossouw 10 Feb 2021

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask walks past an illustration of a virus outside a regional science centre amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Oldham, Britain August 3, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

Recovered Covid patients likely protected for at least six months, study finds

Kate Kelland 9 Feb 2021

Skwatta Kamp rapper 'Nish' dies due to Covid-19

Skwatta Kamp rapper 'Nish' dies due to Covid-19

8 Feb 2021

Dr Zweli Mkhize, South African health minister

AstraZeneca shot on hold, data shows lower efficacy against SA variant

8 Feb 2021

Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock

Covid vaccine weekly: developing boosters for new mutations

Rob Reddick 8 Feb 2021

Gift of the Givers donates medical equipment to VUT

Gift of the Givers donates medical equipment to VUT

Puleng Maphisa, Vaal University of Technology 8 Feb 2021

Variants, vaccines, and virology - are we protected?

Variants, vaccines, and virology - are we protected?

Felicity Burt, Dominique Goedhals & Sabeeha Vawda 4 Feb 2021

Can organisers be held liable by attendees of super-spreader events?

Can organisers be held liable by attendees of super-spreader events?

Mthokozisi Maphumulo 3 Feb 2021

Health minister, Zweli Mkhize

Covid-19 online vaccination registration opens to healthcare workers

3 Feb 2021

Covid-19 vaccine - will it signal a return to 'normality' for business travel?

Covid-19 vaccine - will it signal a return to 'normality' for business travel?

3 Feb 2021

Computicket founder Percival Tucker dies from Covid-19- related complications

Computicket founder Percival Tucker dies from Covid-19- related complications

3 Feb 2021

Alcohol industry welcomes easing of ban, pleads for transparency

2 Feb 2021

Relief for SA's hospitality sector welcomed as President eases restrictions

Relief for SA's hospitality sector welcomed as President eases restrictions

2 Feb 2021

President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image:

Curfew, booze, beach ban eased

2 Feb 2021

A health worker treats a patient at a temporary field hospital set up by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) during the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Khayelitsha township near Cape Town, South Africa, July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Rural SA nurses fear being forgotten in vaccine roll-out

Kim Harrisberg 2 Feb 2021

Study shows that the Novavax vaccine is effective against the dominant variant of Covid-19 in South Africa. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Results from Novavax vaccine trials in the UK and South Africa differ: why, and does it matter?

Ina Skosana 2 Feb 2021

The lowdown on Covid-19 test protocols

The lowdown on Covid-19 test protocols

Bonitas 2 Feb 2021

7 easy ways to help support South African restaurants and wineries during Level 3

7 easy ways to help support South African restaurants and wineries during Level 3

Ruth Cooper 1 Feb 2021

SA health minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize.

UPDATE: First batch of Covid-19 vaccine arrives in SA

1 Feb 2021

Professor Vinny Naidoo, Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Pretoria.

Veterinary expert weighs in on Ivermectin debate

Vinny Naidoo 29 Jan 2021

No booze, less meat: taverns feel the pinch of Covid-19 ban

No booze, less meat: taverns feel the pinch of Covid-19 ban

Tariro Washinyira 29 Jan 2021

Franchise Association voices support for SA restaurant industry

Franchise Association voices support for SA restaurant industry

28 Jan 2021

MTN donates R383m to African Union's Covid-19 vaccination programme

MTN donates R383m to African Union's Covid-19 vaccination programme

28 Jan 2021

Image: Taj Pharma

Sahpra allows controlled use of Ivermectin for Covid-19

28 Jan 2021

New eucalytptus and menthol formulation has excellent anti-viral properties

New eucalytptus and menthol formulation has excellent anti-viral properties

ACDOCO SA 28 Jan 2021

Alcohol industry deserves justification for continued ban - Salba

27 Jan 2021

Survey: 67% of South Africans favour vaccine

Survey: 67% of South Africans favour vaccine

27 Jan 2021

Professor Marc Mendelson

Third wave is on its way, if rapid vaccine roll out falters

26 Jan 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused some 85,000 deaths among South Africans over 60. Image: NIAID-RML (CC BY 2.0)

Nearly 85,000 older South Africans have probably died from Covid-19

James Stent 26 Jan 2021

Healthcare marketer - Is your audience engaged online?

Healthcare marketer - Is your audience engaged online?

Cingulate 26 Jan 2021

SAB suspends 550 temporary workers as production stagnates

SAB suspends 550 temporary workers as production stagnates

25 Jan 2021

Report warns govts against using alcohol prohibition laws as emergency response

Report warns govts against using alcohol prohibition laws as emergency response

25 Jan 2021

Health care workers and patients in the temporary outside area Steve Biko Academic Hospital created to screen and treat suspected Covid-19 cases in Pretoria. Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images via Getty Images

South African scientists who discovered new Covid-19 variant share what they know

Willem Hanekom & Tulio de Oliveira 25 Jan 2021

South Africa does not have large-scale vaccine manufacturing capability. Shutterstock

Vaccine production in South Africa: how an industry in its infancy can be developed

Jeffrey Dorfman & Frank Kirstein 21 Jan 2021

Hand hygiene is important to fight Covid-19 but how can you do that without water. Shutterstock

Covid-19 policy briefs must be realistic: a review by young southern African scientists

Puleng Segalo, Adeyemi Oladapo Arem, Pradeep Kumar 20 Jan 2021

A healthcare worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. Nick Potts/PA Images via Getty Images

Some key questions answered on Covid-19 vaccines for African countries

Ina Skosana & Ozayr Patel 19 Jan 2021

Are SA employers allowed to implement a compulsory Covid-19 vaccine policy? - Part 2

Are SA employers allowed to implement a compulsory Covid-19 vaccine policy? - Part 2

Jason Whyte 19 Jan 2021