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Significant progress has been made in controlling HIV in South Africa, report shows

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WHO closely monitors Covid variant amid mutation concerns

Katja Hamilton 15 Aug 2023

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Pfizer and Thermo Fisher Scientific increase access to advanced genomic testing

16 May 2023

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Dept of Health monitoring hospitalisations and deaths linked to new Covid-19 variant

9 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters.

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US to require travellers from China to show negative Covid-19 test result before flight

29 Dec 2022

Breast cancer awareness in the genomic landscape

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Breast cancer awareness in the genomic landscape

Fourie Joubert and Annie Joubert, Issued by University of Pretoria 18 Oct 2022

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Understanding the treatment of breast cancer in young women

Dr Fatima Hoosain 18 May 2022

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Covid-19 update: Outbreak of worrying new IHU variant

7 Jan 2022

#BestofBiz 2021: Healthcare

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#BestofBiz 2021: Healthcare

13 Dec 2021

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Omicron update: GSK drug works against all mutations

8 Dec 2021

Vaccination is simply the best defence against Covid-19

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Vaccination is simply the best defence against Covid-19

Dr Elton Dorkin 6 Dec 2021

Travel bans aren't the answer to stopping new Covid variant Omicron

Tourism & Travel

Travel bans aren't the answer to stopping new Covid variant Omicron

Anthony Zwi 30 Nov 2021

Source: Reuters/Sumaya Hisham

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Omicron explained: Why scientists are worried

Alistair Smout, Alexander Winning, Tim Cocks, Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo, Stephanie Nebehay 28 Nov 2021

Source: Department of Health

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Covid-19: New variant with multiple mutations detected in SA

Danette Breitenbach 25 Nov 2021

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Relooking at insurance covers for film production sector

15 Oct 2021

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Genomic surveillance key in Africa's Covid-19 fight

14 Sep 2021

Markets still at a crossroads in Q3

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Markets still at a crossroads in Q3

Fred Razak 13 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

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South Africa detects new coronavirus variant, still studying its mutations

31 Aug 2021

A child gets a dose of the oral polio vaccine. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images

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It's been a year since Africa was declared polio free. But a threat remains

Wayne Howard & Melinda Suchard 27 Aug 2021

Travel and tourism revenues to reach only $385bn in 2021

Tourism & Travel

Travel and tourism revenues to reach only $385bn in 2021

18 Aug 2021

Professor Felicity Burt

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New variants of Covid-19 may prolong the duration of the virus

13 Aug 2021

The best hope of beating the pandemic is to vaccinate as many people as soon as possible. Luca Sola/AFP via Getty Images

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Covid-19 herd immunity? It's not going to happen, so what next?

Shabir A Madhi 4 Aug 2021

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Study: Lower antibody activity against delta variant at single dose - but vaccines still work

Zania Stamataki 28 Jul 2021

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Equity and access need to be at the forefront of innovation in human genome editing

Jantina de Vries & Françoise Baylis 14 Jul 2021

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South Africa's vaccine quagmire, and what needs to be done now

Alex van den Heever, Imraan Valodia, Shabir A Madhi & Willem Venter 5 Jul 2021

University collaboration reaches promising Covid-19 vaccine results

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University collaboration reaches promising Covid-19 vaccine results

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 10 Jun 2021

Mark Ainsworth, head, coronavirus research, Schroders

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How much of a threat is the India variant?

28 May 2021

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New DNA research could help combat cancers that are resistant to current standard treatments

19 May 2021

The world spends billions on treated mosquito nets each year. Irene Abdou / Alamy Stock Photo

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New malaria vaccine proves highly effective - and Covid shows how quickly it could be deployed

Adrian Hill 26 Apr 2021

Professor Shabir Madhi

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Covid-19 is here to stay

21 Apr 2021

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New Covid variants have changed the game, and vaccines will not be enough. We need global 'maximum suppression'

Salim Abdool Karim 6 Apr 2021

Professor Marc Mendelson, head of the Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital

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Vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate, says Professor Marc Mendelson

19 Mar 2021

Study: SA variant could have emerged in E Cape after first wave

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Study: SA variant could have emerged in E Cape after first wave

18 Mar 2021

A Phase I Covid-19 vaccine trial is about to start in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Photo: Armin Kübelbeck (CC-BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons)

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A new vaccine is being tested in Cape Town: Here's why it's different

Michael Cherry 19 Feb 2021

Study finds that not enough South Africans are prepared to be vaccinated against Covid-19

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Study finds that not enough South Africans are prepared to be vaccinated against Covid-19

Andrea Rademeyer, Issued by Ask Afrika 19 Feb 2021

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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

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Covid vaccine weekly: developing boosters for new mutations

Rob Reddick 8 Feb 2021

Africa airlines see 69.8% drop in passenger traffic demand

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Africa airlines see 69.8% drop in passenger traffic demand

5 Feb 2021

Variants, vaccines, and virology - are we protected?

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Variants, vaccines, and virology - are we protected?

Felicity Burt, Dominique Goedhals & Sabeeha Vawda 4 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

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

Ina Skosana 2 Feb 2021

Professor Marc Mendelson

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

26 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

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

Willem Hanekom & Tulio de Oliveira 25 Jan 2021

#BizTrends2021: Fish where the fish are in 2021

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#BizTrends2021: Fish where the fish are in 2021

Daan Du Toit 22 Jan 2021

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

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

Ina Skosana & Ozayr Patel 19 Jan 2021

Many factors influence how consistently women take their HIV medicine. GettyImages

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Zambian study points to why some mothers don't carry on taking HIV drugs

Jerry John Nutor 30 Sep 2020

Nigerian scientists are working to better understand coronavirus. African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Disease

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Nigerian scientists have identified seven lineages of SARS-CoV-2: why it matters

Christian Happi 7 Sep 2020

Normal blood cells (left) and the blood cells in sickle cell disease, which do not flow through the circulatory system smoothly. Credit: Darryl Leja, NHGRI (CC BY 2.0)

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UCT professor's research offers hope of treatment for sickle cell anaemia

Elsabé Brits 3 Sep 2020

Experts are confident that there will be a vaccine next year. PenWin /iStock / Getty Images Plus

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9 reasons you can be optimistic that a vaccine for Covid-19 will be widely available in 2021

William Petri 24 Aug 2020