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Clinical trials with human volunteers done in South Africa must get approval from the health products regulator. Felix Dlangamandla/Beeld/Gallo Images via Getty Images

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Ghanaians are eating more fast food: the who and the why

James Boafo 11 Feb 2021

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New to motherhood in Covid-19 times

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 11 Feb 2021

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Healthcare workers to receive J&J jab

10 Feb 2021

Many countries around the world, like Bangladesh, have started Covid-19 vaccination. Kazi Salahuddin Razu/NurPhoto via Getty Images

South Africa didn't take advantage of its role in Covid-19 vaccine trials: why it should have

Keymanthri Moodley & Theresa Rossouw 10 Feb 2021

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The way men take care of their skin is evolving

Dr Graham Duncombe, Skin Renewal 10 Feb 2021

UP researchers receive prestigious grants for cancer research

UP researchers receive prestigious grants for cancer research

9 Feb 2021

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask walks past an illustration of a virus outside a regional science centre amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Oldham, Britain August 3, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

Recovered Covid patients likely protected for at least six months, study finds

Kate Kelland 9 Feb 2021

Dr Zweli Mkhize, South African health minister

AstraZeneca shot on hold, data shows lower efficacy against SA variant

8 Feb 2021

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Covid vaccine weekly: developing boosters for new mutations

Rob Reddick 8 Feb 2021

Medical practice: The minefield of saving lives

Medical practice: The minefield of saving lives

Merlita Kennedy & Jared Ishmael 5 Feb 2021

Variants, vaccines, and virology - are we protected?

Variants, vaccines, and virology - are we protected?

Felicity Burt, Dominique Goedhals & Sabeeha Vawda 4 Feb 2021

Health minister, Zweli Mkhize

Covid-19 online vaccination registration opens to healthcare workers

3 Feb 2021

Accelerating access to palliative care is a fundamental human right

Accelerating access to palliative care is a fundamental human right

MANGO-OMC 3 Feb 2021

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Curfew, booze, beach ban eased

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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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

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

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

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ACDOCO SA 28 Jan 2021

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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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Fast food is growing in popularity with Ghanaians. Wikimedia Commons

Ghanaians are eating more fast food: the who and the why

James Boafo 11 Feb 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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