Nobel Prize for mRNA pioneers amid jab controversy

[Katja Hamilton] Karikó and Weissman awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, but Rancourt claims political motivation amidst mortality concerns...

Pharma giants set SA vaccine price tag at $734m, confidential contracts reveal

[Katja Hamilton] South Africa overpaid by 33% for Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, and 2.5 times for Oxford-AstraZeneca compared to the UK...

SA Health Ministry hands over confidential Covid-19 vaccine contracts

[Katja Hamilton] As a result of HJI's legal action, the South African Health Ministry has supplied initial Covid-19 vaccine procurement agreements to HJI's legal team...

South African High Court orders release of secret vaccine contracts

[Katja Hamilton] South African court orders vaccine contract disclosure, leading transparency in pandemic response, inspiring global action, says Health Initiative...

Moderna reports 92% interim profit drop

[Katja Hamilton] Moderna, mRNA biotech leader, sees substantial Q2 2023 profit decline: $344m revenue vs. $4.7bn in 2022; Covid-19 vaccine sales dip...

Has UCT's Mandatory Vaccine Policy been shelved?

[Katja Hamilton] After a drawn-out and costly legal battle against UCT's vaccine mandate, the university has stepped down; with Children's Health Defense Africa lauding the withdrawal as a precedent for all vaccine mandates in South Africa...

The State of Disaster continues...

[Katja Hamilton] The last of the restrictions imposed by the State of Disaster will be lifted, Ramaphosa said...

Mediclinic SA puts mandatory vaccinations on ice

[Katja Hamilton] Mediclinic Southern Africa has changed its tune on mandatory workplace vaccinations. Here's why...

SA truckers take to Cape Town's highways in stand against vaccine mandates

[Katja Hamilton] South Africans made history when truckers and motorists took to Cape Town's highways in convoy to protest vaccine mandates...

Report adverse effects from Covid jabs, Department of Health urges

[Katja Hamilton] There are growing concerns around adverse effects South Africans are experiencing as a result of Covid-19 jabs. Report these, says the Department of Health...

Covid-positive cases hits record daily high as Western Cape countdown to New Year begins

[Katja Hamilton] With curfew lifted, alcohol sales permitted and 1000 people now permitted to gather indoors, government could unwittingly be giving green light to another resurgence of positive Covid-19 cases. Here's why...

Western Cape's fourth wave: have we peaked?

[Katja Hamilton] The increase rate of the number of new Covid-19 infections is slowing in the Western Cape, but while the indications are positive, we are not yet out of the woods, cautions premier, Alan Winde...

Probe into Covid-19 booster jabs for SA babies and toddlers

[Katja Hamilton] Booster jabs for SA babies and toddlers under discussion, as Pfizer clinical trial for this age group shows favourable results...

Covid-19: The Western Cape is now officially in a resurgence

[Katja Hamilton] 16 Omicron cases have been identified in the Western Cape, while Covid-19 statistics point to the imminent onset of the 4th Wave in the province...

SA stays on Alert Level One with mandatory vaccinations to be investigated

[Danette Breitenbach] South Africa will remain on Alert Level One, but the situation will be monitored weekly...

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

[Danette Breitenbach] A new variant, the B1.1.529, in South Africa, has been confirmed by the Department of Health....

SA on Adjusted Alert Level 1

[Danette Breitenbach] Government has set itself the target of vaccinating 70% of all South Africans by the end of the year...

Who are the people most likely to be SA's Covid super-spreaders? - Ask Afrika

[Andrea Rademeyer] There are those that are largely adhering to Covid-19 preventative measures, and those that show only limited adherence to the recommended guidelines. It is this latter group that should be of concern as they are potentially super-spreaders of Covid-19...

One year on: #Covid-19 by the numbers

[Nicci Botha] Friday, 5 March, marked the first anniversary of the first Covid-19 case identified in South Africa. How the world has changed since then...

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

[Andrea Rademeyer] South Africans are torn with regards to whether or not they get vaccinated against Covid-19. According to the Ask Afrika Covid-19 Tracker study, just over half of respondents (52%) said they planned to get vaccinated when the vaccine roll-out programme reaches them...