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HIV drug trial shows injection twice-yearly 100% effective against infection

Linda-Gail Bekker 5 Jul 2024

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1 Mpox fatality, 4 in recovery

13 Jun 2024

Healthcare

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

5 Jun 2024

SU's Professor Tulio de Oliveira selected for Time100 Health 2024

Healthcare

SU's Professor Tulio de Oliveira selected for Time100 Health 2024

Issued by Stellenbosch University 6 May 2024

Source: Life Healthcare.

Healthcare

New TB skin test could offer cheaper and easier way to detect the disease

Yvette Naudé 5 Apr 2024

Source: Supplied.

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Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital first to receive pioneering neonatal medtech

19 Mar 2024

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

SA v. Israel: Accusations spotlight "danger for the historically protected position of healthcare workers" worldwide

Katja Hamilton 12 Jan 2024

Source: Supplied. Nqobile Ndlovu, chief executive officer of ASLM and Tom Berkovits, senior director of Illumina Africa Middle East and Asia-Pacific during the MoU signing between The African Society for Laboratory Medicine and Illumina at the 6th Biennial ASLM2023 conference in Cape Town.

Healthcare

ASLM and Illumina: Genomics empowers Africa's pandemic readiness

29 Dec 2023

Vital role of nutrition in the TB recovery journey

Healthcare

Vital role of nutrition in the TB recovery journey

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 14 Nov 2023

Healthcare

#BRICS2023: Pandemic fund in focus for Brics Bank

Katja Hamilton 30 Aug 2023

Source: Moderna.

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Moderna reports 92% interim profit drop

Katja Hamilton 17 Aug 2023

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Phaahla urges Brics nations to maintain vigilance against Covid-19

8 Aug 2023

Source: Advin Healthcare.

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Tuberculosis risk skyrockets in global prisoners

30 Jun 2023

Source: Supplied. Stellenbosch University's new Biomedical Research Institute, home to Ceri, is the most advanced research facility of its kind on the African continent.

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Abbott partners with Ceri to address viral threats

2 May 2023

Source: Supplied. Mary Rodgers, a virus hunter and scientist at Abbott who works with the Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition.

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#HIVToday: Abbott's top scientist speaks to staying one step ahead of a constantly mutating virus

Katja Hamilton 28 Apr 2023

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Tackle TB, prevent future pandemics, report finds

22 Mar 2023

Healthcare

South Africa sees no need for new Covid restrictions for now - health minister

10 Jan 2023

Source: AfricaCDC.

Healthcare

US to apply Ebola screenings for recent Uganda visitors at 5 airports

David Shepardson 7 Oct 2022

Healthcare

Ghana declares end of Marburg virus disease outbreak

Sofia Christensen 19 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied. African scientists receiving training in genomics surveillance at the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP), South Africa.

Healthcare

Covid-19 variants in Africa were introduced from abroad, study finds

16 Sep 2022

Source: Reuters. A health worker in protective clothing carries waste for disposal outside the isolation ward where victims of the deadly Marburg virus are treated in the northern Angolan town of Uige, File.

Healthcare

Ghana confirms its first outbreak of highly infectious Marburg virus

Alessandra Prentice and Nellie Peyton 18 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied. Regional Office for Africa, World Health Organization.

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Malawi declares polio outbreak

1 Mar 2022

Covid - How and when might it all end?

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Covid - How and when might it all end?

Issued by Bonitas 14 Feb 2022

Source: ©tashatuvango

Healthcare

TB: an orphan disease?

Danette Breitenbach 1 Oct 2021

Climate change is harming children's mental health - and this is just the start

ESG & Sustainability

Climate change is harming children's mental health - and this is just the start

Francis Vergunst and Helen Louise Berry 30 Sep 2021

The case for compulsory vaccination in the construction industry

Construction & Engineering

The case for compulsory vaccination in the construction industry

Morag Evans 29 Sep 2021

A healthcare worker administers the Johnson and Johnson coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccination to a woman in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 20 August, 2021. Reuters/ Sumaya Hisham/File Photo

Healthcare

South Africa detects new coronavirus variant, still studying its mutations

31 Aug 2021

6 Covid-19 vaccine myths dispelled by experts

Healthcare

6 Covid-19 vaccine myths dispelled by experts

25 Aug 2021

Date set for DKMS Africa's Sunflower Day

ESG & Sustainability

Date set for DKMS Africa's Sunflower Day

10 Aug 2021

Source: ©Romolo Tavani

Healthcare

We created a tool to help predict Covid-19 increases in African countries

Steven J Schiff, Andrew Geronimo, Claudio Fronterre & Paddy Ssentongo 23 Jul 2021

Source: ©:Puwadol Jaturawutthichai

Healthcare

TB prevention has relied on the same vaccine for 100 years. It's time for innovation

Bavesh Kana 22 Jul 2021

The research was conducted at the Zambia University Teaching Hospital morgue. Salim Dawood/AFP via Getty Images

Healthcare

Latest data from Lusaka morgue analysis shows spike in Covid-19 deaths

Christopher J Gill 12 Jul 2021

Ending HIV in children is way off target: where to focus action now

Healthcare

Ending HIV in children is way off target: where to focus action now

Kaymarlin Govender & Linda-Gail Bekker 14 Jun 2021

HIV 40 years on: four action points to end Aids as a health threat

Healthcare

HIV 40 years on: four action points to end Aids as a health threat

Gilles van Cutsem 10 Jun 2021

The next pandemic is already happening - targeted disease surveillance can help prevent it

Healthcare

The next pandemic is already happening - targeted disease surveillance can help prevent it

Maureen Miller 3 Jun 2021

Coronavirus variants have new names: we can finally stop stigmatising countries

Healthcare

Coronavirus variants have new names: we can finally stop stigmatising countries

Ed Feil 3 Jun 2021

How South Africa is tracking adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines

Healthcare

How South Africa is tracking adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines

24 May 2021

People with HIV are still dying from a treatable, but neglected, disease: all it needs is a plan

Healthcare

People with HIV are still dying from a treatable, but neglected, disease: all it needs is a plan

Gilles van Cutsem 17 May 2021

New deputy vice-chancellor appointed at the North-West University

Education

New deputy vice-chancellor appointed at the North-West University

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 13 May 2021

The higher education experiences of the first wave of Covid-19 infections in South Africa

Education

The higher education experiences of the first wave of Covid-19 infections in South Africa

Issued by Cornerstone Institute 4 May 2021

Wunderman Thompson launches Regeneration Rising: Sustainable Futures

Marketing & Media

Wunderman Thompson launches Regeneration Rising: Sustainable Futures

Issued by Wunderman Thompson 30 Apr 2021

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Healthcare

Scabies: the neglected tropical disease no one wants to talk about

Michael Head 22 Apr 2021

Ebola virus virion. CDC/Cynthia Goldsmith

Healthcare

Ebola might be a chronic infection - but here's why we shouldn't panic

Connor Bamford 1 Apr 2021

Study focuses on better approaches to interrupt TB transmission

Healthcare

Study focuses on better approaches to interrupt TB transmission

3 Mar 2021

“We saw patients dying for avoidable reasons. They were dying because masks that came loose were not being replaced,” says MSF Covid-19 intervention nursing activities manager, Caroline Masunda. Chris Allan

Healthcare

Small things can save lives: coping with Covid-19 in resource-scarce hospitals

Gilles van Cutsem 2 Mar 2021

Medical staff check each others protective suits. Photo by SUMY SADURNI/AFP via Getty Images

Healthcare

Ebola strikes West Africa again: key questions and lessons from the past

Mosoka Fallah 19 Feb 2021

Healthcare

How the coronavirus mutates and what this means for the future of Covid-19

Ed Rybicki, Anna-Lise Williamson, Don Cowan & Stephanie G Burton 17 Feb 2021

Is it ethical to quarantine people in hotel rooms?

Tourism & Travel

Is it ethical to quarantine people in hotel rooms?

11 Feb 2021

A laboratory technician patient samples at the Amudat Hospital, Uganda. Laboratories are central to the delivery of high quality data in clinical trials. Paul Kamau

Healthcare

Innovation - and research - are key to killing off neglected tropical diseases in Africa

Monique Wasunna 29 Jan 2021