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Seynabou Diop works at a station in a laboratory where the hantavirus genome was sequenced from the April 2026 outbreak, at Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal. Image credit: Reuters/Ricci Shryock

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Biden signs historic inflation act

Nandita Bose and Steve Holland 19 Aug 2022

Ralmed doctors and hospitals the heart of South African medical healthcare

Ralmed doctors and hospitals the heart of South African medical healthcare

Ralmed 18 Aug 2022

Johnson & Johnson to stop sale of talcum baby powder globally

Johnson & Johnson to stop sale of talcum baby powder globally

15 Aug 2022

Source: REUTERS. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

WHO ranked the most influential UN-recognised body on Twitter

17 Jun 2022

Bertina Engelbrecht, Clicks Group CEO (centre) at the opening of Clicks 800th store at Somerset Crossing Shopping Centre with (left to right) Vikash Singh (Clicks managing executive), Gift Jeffrey (Clicks area manager), Dhevan Pillay (Clicks chief store operations officer) and Musa Mkhwanazi (Clicks regional manager). Photo credit: Jaco Cilliers Photography.

Clicks sets goal to have 900 stores in South Africa by 2026

29 Mar 2022

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Digital therapeutics revenue from health insurers to reach $8bn globally by 2026

14 Mar 2022

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Multi-national investment banks announce exodus from Russia

Katja Hamilton 11 Mar 2022

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Attacks on Ukrainian hospitals, ambulances increasing rapidly

11 Mar 2022

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FIRST: Johns Hopkins receives grant for psilocybin research

26 Jan 2022

No African brands in Brand Finance Global 500 2022 Report

26 Jan 2022

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome pledge $300m to combat Covid-19

21 Jan 2022

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Wunderman Thompson reveals The Future 100: 2022

19 Jan 2022

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Combined Covid-19 and flu booster could be available within two years

18 Jan 2022

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Man receives a genetically-modified pig heart in the world's first transplant of its kind

17 Jan 2022

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GlaxoSmithKline rejects Unilever's £50bn bid for consumer health unit

17 Jan 2022

#FestiveTogether: Joining in wishing you all a blessed festive season

#FestiveTogether: Joining in wishing you all a blessed festive season

Bizcommunity.com 15 Dec 2021

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Remote Doctors 4 Africa makes inroads in Botswana

9 Dec 2021

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Biovac gears up to manufacture Pfizer vaccine

6 Dec 2021

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Dutch in arms: Omicron detected on SA flight

28 Nov 2021

Source: Reuters/Sumaya Hisham

Omicron explained: Why scientists are worried

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

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Technology: healthcare enabler or disrupter?

Danette Breitenbach 19 Nov 2021

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New nanomedicine delivers improved outcome for prostate cancer

11 Nov 2021

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R3.5m grant for Pan-African vaccine development

10 Nov 2021

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Infectious diseases expert, Prof Blumberg, joins Right to Care

9 Nov 2021

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First oral Covid-19 medicine authorised in the UK

8 Nov 2021

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New global drug policy index finds most countries fail drug policy

8 Nov 2021

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Pharmaceutical companies collaborate against climate change

5 Nov 2021

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Telehealth app bridges gap in healthcare in Africa

4 Nov 2021

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Medtech sector key to SA's economic recovery

2 Nov 2021

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First Covid-19 oral antiviral medicine in submission stage

29 Oct 2021

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