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Covid-19

Leadership shakeup at Moderna ahead of major vaccine rollouts

Katja Hamilton 8 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

BioNTech gets $145m funding for African vaccine plants

Jennifer Rigby and Ludwig Burger 30 May 2024

Source: City of Hope.

Healthcare

Breakthroughs in medicine: top virologist on the two most important developments for Africa

Oyewale Tomori 2 Nov 2023

Source: Supplied. Mary Rodgers, a virus hunter and scientist at Abbott who works with the Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition.

HIV/AIDS

#HIVToday: Abbott's top scientist speaks to staying one step ahead of a constantly mutating virus

Katja Hamilton 28 Apr 2023

Source: DynaMedex.

Public Health

SA measles outbreak of concern, NICD warns as case surge hits 80% worldwide

Katja Hamilton 13 Jan 2023

Covid-19

Moderna sues Pfizer

30 Aug 2022

Source: FreePik.

Covid-19

New agreement paves way for development of first African-owned Covid-19 vaccine

27 Jun 2022

Source: Supplied: Petro Terblanche, managing director of Afrigen,

Medical Research

#AfricaMonth: Injecting the continent - and the world - with hope

Katja Hamilton 20 May 2022

Human, animal transmission

Covid-19

Human, animal transmission

Issued by University of Pretoria 7 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied. Donald McMillan, managing director at Allmed Healthcare Professionals.

Covid-19

Boosting vaccine rollout and debunking Covid-19 myths

24 Jan 2022

Source: ©Igor Daniel

Healthcare

Breakthrough malaria vaccine offers to reinvigorate the fight against the disease

Eunice Anyango Owino 11 Oct 2021

South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout is picking up pace. Luca Sola/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

Reluctant to be vaccinated for Covid-19? Here are 6 myths you can put to rest

30 Jul 2021

Could a simple pill beat Covid-19? Pfizer is giving it a go

Covid-19

Could a simple pill beat Covid-19? Pfizer is giving it a go

Peter Wark 1 Jun 2021

Maker spaces give engineers and designers the tools to build low-cost medical equipment using locally available materials.
Brandon Martin, Rice University, CC BY-NC-ND

Covid-19

'Frugal design' brings medical innovations to communities that lack resources during the pandemic

Rebecca Richards-Kortum & Theresa Mkandawire 31 Mar 2021

Antiretroviral treatment found to reduce risk of developing active TB - study

Medical Research

Antiretroviral treatment found to reduce risk of developing active TB - study

11 Mar 2021

Covid-19

How the coronavirus mutates and what this means for the future of Covid-19

Ed Rybicki, Anna-Lise Williamson, Don Cowan & Stephanie G Burton 17 Feb 2021

Variants, vaccines, and virology - are we protected?

Covid-19

Variants, vaccines, and virology - are we protected?

Felicity Burt, Dominique Goedhals & Sabeeha Vawda 4 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

Covid-19

Results from Novavax vaccine trials in the UK and South Africa differ: why, and does it matter?

Ina Skosana 2 Feb 2021

Many South Africans use traditional medicine. Paballo Thekiso/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

South African researchers are looking at medicinal plants for possible Covid-19 treatments

Depika Dwarka 25 Nov 2020

Environmental surveillance could provide an earlier and clearer picture for public health interventions

Environment & Natural Resources

Environmental surveillance could provide an earlier and clearer picture for public health interventions

Dr Eunice Ubomba-Jaswa and Dr Nonhlanhla Kalebaila 23 Sep 2020

Nigerian scientists are working to better understand coronavirus. African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Disease

Covid-19

Nigerian scientists have identified seven lineages of SARS-CoV-2: why it matters

Christian Happi 7 Sep 2020

Breastfeeding and Covid-19: Busting the myths

Covid-19

Breastfeeding and Covid-19: Busting the myths

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 4 Aug 2020

SA may need Covid-19 wastewater, water quality surveillance programme

Infrastructure & Utilities

SA may need Covid-19 wastewater, water quality surveillance programme

Jay Bhagwan, Nonhlanhla Kalebaila and Dhesigen Naidoo 14 Jul 2020

New transcriptomic blood test to screen and monitor for TB

Tuberculosis

New transcriptomic blood test to screen and monitor for TB

26 May 2020

Genomic sequencing can help in understanding viruses. Gio.tto/Shutterstock

Covid-19

Africa joins the race to trace Covid-19 with genomics

Peter van Heusden 20 Apr 2020

Gut Microbiome testing now available in South Africa

Gastroenterology

Gut Microbiome testing now available in South Africa

Issued by Viome 2 Apr 2020

John Paraskevas/Newsday RM vis Getty Images

Covid-19

Covid-19 testing: the answers to six simple questions

Glenda Mary Davison 27 Mar 2020

Image credit: Epica Awards.

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#EpicaAwards2019: SA's VMLY&R announced as one of the finalists!

13 Nov 2019

Could plant vaccines save the poultry industry?

Agribusiness

Could plant vaccines save the poultry industry?

10 Oct 2019

The oral polio vaccine is most commonly used in the developing world, despite one big problem.
CDC/Alan Janssen, MSPH, CC BY

Infectious Diseases

A newly designed vaccine may help stamp out remaining polio cases worldwide

Patricia L Foster 18 Sep 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

HIV/AIDS

New study shows partial progress in South Africa's HIV response

13 Jun 2019

Artist impression of neurons communicating in the brain.
whitehoune/Shutterstock.com

Mental health

New autism research on single neurons suggests signalling problems in brain circuits

28 May 2019

He Jiankui, a Chinese researcher, speaks during the Human Genome Editing Conference in Hong Kong, Nov. 28, 2018. He made his first public comments about his claim of making the world’s first gene-edited babies.
AP Photo/Kin Cheung

Medical Research

How a scientist says he made a gene-edited baby - and what health worries may ensue

George Seidel 3 Dec 2018

Euan Ashley. Photo: Steve Fisch

Medical Research

Hundreds of patients with undiagnosed diseases find answers

18 Oct 2018

These CRISPR-modified crops don't count as GMOs

Agriculture

These CRISPR-modified crops don't count as GMOs

Yi Li 23 May 2018

Cell biopsy studied under a microscope – the current way of detecting cancer. Tonhom1009/Shutterstock

Oncology

New test can detect eight types of cancer in a drop of blood

Tatjana Crnogorac-Jurcevic 30 Jan 2018

Professor Musa Mhlanga of the IDM at UCT

Medical Research

UCT awarded grant to map human cells

18 Oct 2017

ARMMs (green) are shown getting inside of recipient cells. Red dots are endosomes. Nuclei are stained blue. Photo: Quan Lu and Qiyu Wang

Medical Research

Cellular ‘message in a bottle' could deliver therapeutic cargo

3 Oct 2017

Photo by Nevin Ruttanaboonta on Unsplash

Data & Analytics

What if analytics and machine learning could save lives?

Aneshan Ramaloo 29 Sep 2017

Nanoparticles trick body into accepting organ transplants

Medical Research

Nanoparticles trick body into accepting organ transplants

William Weir 4 Aug 2017

Agriculture

Research and study fostering the adoption of new techniques in biotech agriculture

27 Feb 2017

Limiting lung cancer's spread and growth in the brain

Oncology

Limiting lung cancer's spread and growth in the brain

Ziba Kashef 15 Feb 2017

A revolution in HIV and TB testing

HIV/AIDS

A revolution in HIV and TB testing

31 May 2016

Research in the news: Yale researchers find human-specific gene that turns back cellular clock

Medical Research

Research in the news: Yale researchers find human-specific gene that turns back cellular clock

Bill Hathaway 22 May 2015

Research in the news: Imaging reveals tiny piece of protein-making machinery

Medtech

Research in the news: Imaging reveals tiny piece of protein-making machinery

Bill Hathaway 9 Apr 2015

Winner of APO invite to AfricaCom 2014 revealed

Events & Conferencing

Winner of APO invite to AfricaCom 2014 revealed

24 Oct 2014

Highlighting health risks of the chiskop haircut

Medical Research

Highlighting health risks of the chiskop haircut

14 Nov 2013

CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2013 finalists announced

Media

CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2013 finalists announced

15 Jul 2013