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Scientists at the University of Pretoria have found that fresh vegetables are being contaminated by disease-causing bacteria through irrigation from polluted rivers and boreholes. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Food, Water & Energy Security

South Africa’s polluted rivers pose food contamination risk

Steve Kretzmann 26 May 2025

Source: Dr Carolyn Chinsinga.

Healthcare

Real-time data monitoring drives superior hospital-at-home care

Katja Hamilton 9 Sep 2022

Swapping probiotics for antibiotics: How it could be a game changer for chickens, and us

Agro-processing

Swapping probiotics for antibiotics: How it could be a game changer for chickens, and us

3 Dec 2021

Dr Bha Ndungane-Tlakula, country medical director, Pfizer South Africa

Public Health

Antimicrobial resistance - a threat to modern health

20 Nov 2020

Michael Moloney/Shutterstock

Medical Research

Antibiotic resistance: cheap diagnostic test could be a saviour

Lara Marks & Ankur Mutreja 11 Aug 2020

Travel

Plane cabins are havens for germs. Here's how they can clean up their act

Ipek Kurtböke 22 May 2020

Merging tech with employee wellbeing

Technology

Merging tech with employee wellbeing

Terence Moolman 4 May 2020

Bacteriophages infecting a bacterial cell.
Design_Cells/ Shutterstock

Pharmaceuticals

Antibiotic resistance: scientists are reengineering viruses to cure bacterial infections

Manal Mohammed & Andrew Millard 21 Jan 2020

Millions of young children get malaria. These two got it in 2010.
AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam

Pharmaceuticals

There's a way for modern medicine to cure diseases even when the treatments aren't profitable

James Leahy 28 Oct 2019

Grant to fund child-friendly TB treatments

Tuberculosis

Grant to fund child-friendly TB treatments

22 Oct 2019

Air travel spreads infections globally, but health advice from inflight magazines can limit that

Travel

Air travel spreads infections globally, but health advice from inflight magazines can limit that

Ramon Zenel Shaban and Cristina Sotomayor-Castillo 19 Jul 2019

Why housekeepers are critical for hotel brands, guest satisfaction and safety

Hospitality

Why housekeepers are critical for hotel brands, guest satisfaction and safety

3 May 2019

Why the issue of drug resistance in animal farming means a fight against urban elites

Research & Development

Why the issue of drug resistance in animal farming means a fight against urban elites

27 Dec 2018

Dr Justin Gavanescu, general manager of Netcare Milpark Hospital, and Dr Skhumbuzo Ngozwana, president and CEO of Kiara Health, distributors of the Xenex

Hospital Groups

Netcare employs bots in war against superbugs

5 Dec 2017

Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

Agriculture

Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

20 Nov 2017

McDonalds to limit use of antibiotics in chicken supply

FMCG

McDonalds to limit use of antibiotics in chicken supply

25 Aug 2017

Healthcare

Viruses, vaccines and superbugs: The biggest stories of 2016

LAURA LOPEZ GONZALEZ 30 Dec 2016

Addressing antimicrobial resistance on our farms and in our food

Agro-processing

Addressing antimicrobial resistance on our farms and in our food

15 Sep 2016

Are fungal infections the next superbugs?

Infectious Diseases

Are fungal infections the next superbugs?

5 Jul 2016

The Best of Biz 2015: Medical

Healthcare

The Best of Biz 2015: Medical

15 Dec 2015

SA's growing use of antibiotics could lead to rise in superbugs

Medical Research

SA's growing use of antibiotics could lead to rise in superbugs

22 Sep 2015

[#WomenInBiz] Physician heal thyself, Q&A with Dr Dalene von Delft

Tuberculosis

[#WomenInBiz] Physician heal thyself, Q&A with Dr Dalene von Delft

Nicci Botha 17 Aug 2015

Finalists in 2015 Discovery Health Journalism Awards

Media

Finalists in 2015 Discovery Health Journalism Awards

27 Mar 2015

Cowspiracy - ignoring the 'cow' in the room

Sustainable Farming

Cowspiracy - ignoring the 'cow' in the room

Ruth Cooper 8 Dec 2014

The real risk of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Infectious Diseases

The real risk of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

25 Nov 2014

Research lecture - Beyond Superbugs

Exhibitions & Events

Research lecture - Beyond Superbugs

24 Nov 2014

Lecture on superbugs by leading experts

Exhibitions & Events

Lecture on superbugs by leading experts

10 Jun 2014

Doctors still prescribe antibiotics too often

Public Health

Doctors still prescribe antibiotics too often

4 Oct 2013

Superbugs may invade SA hospitals

Infectious Diseases

Superbugs may invade SA hospitals

8 Apr 2013

Bristol researchers to help tackle the global problem of antibiotic resistance

Infectious Diseases

Bristol researchers to help tackle the global problem of antibiotic resistance

28 Nov 2011

Health & Safety

Pfizer will stop selling poultry-pumping drug

10 Jun 2011

Public Health

Scientist to develop antibiotics for drug-resistant superbugs

15 Sep 2010

Medical Research

Honey more effective than antibiotics

18 Jun 2009

Public Health

Superbugs on the rise in Canadian hospitals

11 Nov 2008

Public Health

More hospital cleaners the answer to superbugs

20 Oct 2008

Medtech

Technology to defeat bacterial infections shows positive results

26 Feb 2008