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| ![Source:](https://biz-file.com/c/1608/356699-300x156.jpg?2) | [Ziba Kashef] In a new study, Yale researchers demonstrate Zika virus infection of cells derived from human placentas... read
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| ![Junior docs get 26-hour shift](https://biz-file.com/c/1608/356442-300x156.jpg?2) | Junior doctors will no longer work 30-hour shifts - 26 hours is to become the new norm... read
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| ![Coke joins fray to oppose sugar tax](https://biz-file.com/c/1608/356083-300x156.jpg?2) | The sugar tax battle is hotting up with Coca-Cola, saying the levy on SSBs will threaten jobs... read
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![Why we need to unite to feed children while at school](https://biz-file.com/c/1608/356004.jpg) | Issued by Peninsula School Feeding Association In a call for Cape Town to unite against hunger at our schools, the Peninsula School Feeding Association's Charity Family Fun Walk, Blisters for Bread, will take place at the Green Point Cricket Club on Sunday, 28 August... read | |
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![Global database for women exposed to Zika](https://biz-file.com/c/1608/356242-120x120.jpg?2) | Swiss doctors have asked thousands of colleagues worldwide to provide data for the first global registry of women exposed to Zika... read | | |
![Non-interventional study on patient perception of COPD symptoms](https://biz-file.com/c/1608/356009-120x120.jpg?2) | A study on COPD and patients' perceptions of the symptoms will be conducted in MEA countries... read | | |
![Exciting future for continent that accesses the power of Internet of Things](https://biz-file.com/c/1608/355955.jpg) | Brett Parker With smartphone usage on the up and IT literacy expanding, bringing Internet of Things (IoT) level connectivity is a natural progression for this tech-hungry continent... read | | |
![Nutrition may be as big a challenge today as HIV/AIDS was 15 years ago](https://biz-file.com/c/1608/356931-120x120.jpg?2) | David Sanders Adequate nutrition is still a massive global problem despite research showing that it contributes significantly to both the economic and health benefits of a country... read | | ![Establishment of Cochrane Nutrition Field in South Africa](https://biz-file.com/c/1608/356909.jpg) | The Cochrane Nutrition Field has been established under the leadership of Cochrane SA, the SAMRC, and the CEBHC, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, along with international partners... read | | ![SU faculties join forces for new MSc programme focused on food security](https://biz-file.com/c/1608/356339-120x120.jpg?2) | SU's two-year MSc programme in Food and Nutrition Security will begin 2017 and will help policy makers and people in non-government organisations make educated decisions... read | | ![Food security: The good, the bad and the downright dangerous](https://biz-file.com/c/1608/356321-120x120.jpg?4) | If the adage, "you are what you eat" is true, then the world is in serious trouble... read | | ![Image provided by Tru-Cape South Africa](https://biz-file.com/c/1608/356232-120x120.jpg?2) | The pear has been found to have a number of important health benefits in a recent scientific literature review. This is especially good news for the quality assurance manager of Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing... read | | |
![Dundee research explains drug resistance in ovarian cancer](https://biz-file.com/c/1608/356711.jpg) | Scientists in Dundee have uncovered important information about how ovarian cancer becomes resistant to certain treatments, according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer... read | | |
![Pfizer nears agreement to buy Medivation for USD14bn: reports](https://biz-file.com/c/1608/356882.jpg) | NEW YORK, USA: US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is nearing a deal to buy US biotech firm Medivation, which specializes in cancer treatments, for nearly $14-billion, US media reported... read | | |
![Myths and Facts: addressing the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals](https://biz-file.com/c/1608/356590-120x120.jpg?2) | Scientific concerns over the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals and the perceived link to resistance to antibiotics in bacteria that affect human health are growing... read | | ![Doctors Nomofrench Mbombo, WC health MEC, and Beth Robertson, DoH head at the launch of Operation Khuseleka.](https://biz-file.com/c/1608/356204-120x120.jpg?2) | The Western Cape DoH has taken steps to improve the staff safety, and reduce junior doctors' working hours... read | | |
![What small business can learn from Pokémon Go](https://biz-file.com/c/1608/356104-120x120.jpg?2) | Scott Zambonini Location-based mobile game Pokémon Go is perhaps the best commercial example of augmented reality (AR) gaming to date... read | |
| ![Ayanda Mbanga Communications](https://www.bizcommunity.com/b/1408/246668.png?3) | Stellenbosch University currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced intern psychologist (two posts) (Ref. SSVO/263/0716). Applications close 29 August 2016. Read more >> |
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