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Big relief for little noses in South Africa’s allergy care market

Paediatrics

Big relief for little noses in South Africa’s allergy care market

Issued by Insight Survey 2 Jul 2025

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Oncology

Breakthrough in breast cancer vaccine development

23 Jun 2025

Source: Pexels.

Healthcare

Davos panel unveils $1tn opportunity by addressing women's health gap

Katja Hamilton 12 Feb 2025

Healthcare

Musk's Neuralink: Brain implant trials breaking new ground

Katja Hamilton 17 Jan 2025

Source: Pexels.

Healthcare

HIV: there’s hope for a cure – where we stand now

3 Dec 2024

Partner with Enterprises UP for success in clinical trials

Specialties

Partner with Enterprises UP for success in clinical trials

Issued by Enterprises University of Pretoria 27 Aug 2024

HIV/AIDS

HIV drug trial shows injection twice-yearly 100% effective against infection

Linda-Gail Bekker 5 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied. Bada Pharasi, chief executive officer of the Innovative Pharmaceutical Association of South Africa (Ipasa).

Healthcare

Research and innovation key to safeguarding SA’s health resiliency

27 Jun 2024

Eduvos and TASK launch Bio Centrifuge Africa competition, paving the way for biotech innovation

Higher Education

Eduvos and TASK launch Bio Centrifuge Africa competition, paving the way for biotech innovation

Issued by Eduvos 21 May 2024

Source: Unsplash - Matnapo.

Tuberculosis

Next phase of TB vaccine clinical trial sparks hope of game-changing results – top SA scientist

28 Mar 2024

Source: Advin Healthcare.

Noncommunicable diseases

TB vaccine: WHO expert explains why it's taken 100 years for a scientific breakthrough, and why it's such a big deal

Charles Shey Wiysonge 8 Nov 2023

Medtech

Sanofi fully embraces AI and data science for patient breakthroughs

20 Jun 2023

Surgical Procedures

Surgeons must tackle three global health challenges to save lives

Tony Moran 6 Jun 2023

Medical Research

Elon Musk's brain-chip venture gets FDA stamp of approval

Katja Hamilton 26 May 2023

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

Ghana first to approve Oxford's malaria vaccine

13 Apr 2023

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

Ebola vaccine candidates arrive in Uganda for trials

8 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

South Africa's Biovac in new oral cholera vaccine deal

Wendell Roelf 25 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied.

Medical Research

First cannabis clinical trial takes off in South Africa

11 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied. Linda-Gail Bekker, professor of medicine and chief executive officer at the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation.

HIV/AIDS

Decades of research make PrEP against HIV a reality for South Africa

25 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Serum Institute to produce Ebola vaccine for use in Uganda outbreak

Aaron Ross 17 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

Vaccine trials on Sudan Ebola strain to start in weeks - WHO chief

Elias Biryabarema 14 Oct 2022

Source: BioNTech.

Covid-19

Pfizer and BioNTech announce FDA approval of their Covid-19 vaccine for young teens

13 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters/Shelley Christians. A production scientist works with samples at the Afrigen Biologics' site in Cape Town.

Emergency Medicine

SA's Afrigen partners with US on mRNA vaccine research

Bhargav Acharya, Nellie Peyton and Josie Kao 12 Jul 2022

Emergency Medicine

African solutions to African problems: Reframing science innovation

Quarraisha Abdool Karim, PhD 9 Jun 2022

Source: REUTERS

Covid-19

Moderna to seek emergency authorisation for Covid shot for children younger than six

23 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied.

Covid-19

SA regulator approves Covid-19 vaccine from China

7 Feb 2022

Public Health

Pfizer and BioNTech pressed to release vaccine for under 5s, despite mixed trial results

2 Feb 2022

Branding

Over 400 companies have withdrawn from Russia - but some remain

23 Mar 2022

Medical Research

SAMRC sponsors landmark Covid-19 vaccine trial in collaborative bid to combat HIV

13 Jan 2022

Covid-19

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

Katja Hamilton 13 Dec 2021

Covid-19

Release of first plant-based coronavirus vaccine imminent

8 Dec 2021

Source: Supplied. Bada Pharasi, CEO of the IPASA

Pharmaceuticals

Pharma companies need to build trust with consumers

Bada Pharasi 18 Nov 2021

Source: ©traimak

Covid-19

First oral Covid-19 medicine authorised in the UK

8 Nov 2021

Source: ©sebastien decoret

Ethics & Medicolegal

WHO guidelines on human genome editing: why countries need to follow them

Sheetal Soni 23 Aug 2021

Source: ©:Puwadol Jaturawutthichai

Tuberculosis

TB prevention has relied on the same vaccine for 100 years. It's time for innovation

Bavesh Kana 22 Jul 2021

Community distribution in Nigeria of ivermectin for onchocerciasis, a disease this drug treats effectively and safely. Photo: Kate Holt/Sightsavers (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Covid-19

Ivermectin: balance of evidence shows no benefit against Covid-19

Nathan Geffen & Elsabé Brits 7 Jul 2021

Source: ©Leigh Prather

Covid-19

South Africa's vaccine quagmire, and what needs to be done now

Alex van den Heever, Imraan Valodia, Shabir A Madhi & Willem Venter 5 Jul 2021

Court order: Doctors can prescribe ivermectin for Covid-19

Covid-19

Court order: Doctors can prescribe ivermectin for Covid-19

7 Apr 2021

Sahpra approves J&J vaccine with conditions

Covid-19

Sahpra approves J&J vaccine with conditions

6 Apr 2021

The implications of administrating ivermectin to Covid-19 patients

Covid-19

The implications of administrating ivermectin to Covid-19 patients

31 Mar 2021

A Phase I Covid-19 vaccine trial is about to start in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Photo: Armin Kübelbeck (CC-BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons)

Covid-19

A new vaccine is being tested in Cape Town: Here's why it's different

Michael Cherry 19 Feb 2021

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

Pharmaceuticals

Explainer: how South Africa regulates medicines and vaccines

Andy Gray 11 Feb 2021

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

Covid-19

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

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

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

Medical Research

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

Monique Wasunna 29 Jan 2021

Medicines are only approved for use by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority when there is sufficient evidence that their benefits outweigh their risks.

Covid-19

Ivermectin and Covid-19: Why it's promising but why we need to be cautious

Rufaro Samanga 15 Jan 2021