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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

SA health minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize.

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1 Feb 2021

Is SA's cannabis industry predicted to become 'green gold' or 'fool's gold'?

Is SA's cannabis industry predicted to become 'green gold' or 'fool's gold'?

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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

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

Monique Wasunna 29 Jan 2021

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Sahpra allows controlled use of Ivermectin for Covid-19

28 Jan 2021

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The role of bias in how women are treated during childbirth: a Kenyan case study

Patience Afulani 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

4IR: How key industries are successfully embracing digital transformation

4IR: How key industries are successfully embracing digital transformation

Prenesh Padayachee 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

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Dr Justus Apffelstaedt

Covid-19: the cost to cancer patients

Justus Apffelstaedt 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

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VR technology addresses cybersickness in nursing students

22 Jan 2021

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Medics killed in Netcare helicopter crash

22 Jan 2021

Over 1,700 health workers in the UK’s NHS said they were South African. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

UK accused of poaching health workers from poorer countries

Rufaro Samanga 21 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

4th edition of SA's Standards for Palliative Healthcare Services ensures continued credibility and quality of local palliative healthcare sector

4th edition of SA's Standards for Palliative Healthcare Services ensures continued credibility and quality of local palliative healthcare sector

COHSASA 21 Jan 2021

Distell and Invenfin buy 40% stake in cannabis wellness brand Rethink

20 Jan 2021

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Report on racial bias by schemes against black healthcare providers released

20 Jan 2021

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

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

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AI changes the dynamics of healthcare

Henry Adams 19 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

Zuri Health launched to help provide affordable, accessible healthcare solutions

Zuri Health launched to help provide affordable, accessible healthcare solutions

Papama Nyati 19 Jan 2021

Why Skin Renewal's holistic body approach to weight loss works

Why Skin Renewal's holistic body approach to weight loss works

Dr Lestonn Lawn, Skin Renewal 19 Jan 2021

Leading scientists speculate that vaccines will help us get to a point where SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, will be just another common cold. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Will vaccines eradicate SARS-CoV-2?

James Stent 18 Jan 2021

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The role of bias in how women are treated during childbirth: a Kenyan case study

Patience Afulani 28 Jan 2021

Zuri Health launched to help provide affordable, accessible healthcare solutions

Zuri Health launched to help provide affordable, accessible healthcare solutions

Papama Nyati 19 Jan 2021

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#BizTrends2021: African demands for post-Covid healthcare align impact with investor opportunity in 2021

Jason Mitchell 11 Jan 2021

The rise of commercial milk formulas and why it matters for the world's women and children

The rise of commercial milk formulas and why it matters for the world's women and children

David McCoy, Julie P. Smith and Phillip Baker 5 Jan 2021

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