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New FMD cases in KZN and Eastern Cape spark biosecurity alert

Agriculture

New FMD cases in KZN and Eastern Cape spark biosecurity alert

31 Mar 2025

HIV/AIDS

Vaccines can put an end to HIV – African governments must take the lead in developing them

Glenda Gray and Asa Tapley 2 Jan 2025

HIV/AIDS

How Afrocentric's Aid for Aids programme is transforming HIV care in South Africa

13 Dec 2024

HIV/AIDS

Alarming HIV stats in Mpumalanga: 890,000 infected

20 Sep 2024

ECape farmers urged to curb the spread of foot and mouth disease

Agriculture

ECape farmers urged to curb the spread of foot and mouth disease

6 Jun 2024

Tuberculosis

South Africa confronts alarming TB death rate despite declining infections

13 Dec 2023

HIV/AIDS

Decline in SA's HIV prevalence, survey shows

29 Nov 2023

Source: Supplied. Seithati Molefi, deputy chief-of-party at Right to Care.

Women's Health

Let's talk about sex that is safe and satisfying

Seithati Molefi 16 Aug 2023

HIV/AIDS

#HIVToday: Western Cape launches U=U campaign

Katja Hamilton 2 Aug 2023

How can living a normal life be sustained for people living with HIV/AIDS?

HIV/AIDS

How can living a normal life be sustained for people living with HIV/AIDS?

Issued by Stone 29 Mar 2023

The birth of the office biome

Architecture & Design

The birth of the office biome

Issued by Liquidlingo 13 Mar 2023

HIV/AIDS

R40m NIH grant keeps HIV prevention as top priority in 2023

10 Mar 2023

Source: Supplied. Juliet Houghton, the chief executive officer of the Southern African HIV Clinician’s Society.

HIV/AIDS

#HIVToday: SA prepares to roll out new HIV treatment plan for children

Katja Hamilton 14 Mar 2023

Data-driven design helping the office to stay relevant

Architecture & Design

Data-driven design helping the office to stay relevant

Issued by Liquidlingo Communications 23 Jan 2023

Source: Pixabay.

HIV/AIDS

Injectable HIV treatment offers hope to Ugandan patients

22 Dec 2022

SA corporates can achieve hospital-grade indoor air quality to give them the edge

Facilities & Property Management

SA corporates can achieve hospital-grade indoor air quality to give them the edge

Issued by Semaphore Communications 6 Jun 2022

Vaccination campaign to manage FMD outbreak in KZN

Agro-processing

Vaccination campaign to manage FMD outbreak in KZN

4 Mar 2022

HIV/AIDS

South Africa loses a great champion and a powerful voice in the fight against HIV/Aids

Katja Hamilton 30 Dec 2021

HIV/AIDS

Cipla launches Live2Love mobile game to destigmatise HIV

1 Dec 2021

Professor Felicity Burt

Covid-19

New variants of Covid-19 may prolong the duration of the virus

13 Aug 2021

Ending HIV in children is way off target: where to focus action now

HIV/AIDS

Ending HIV in children is way off target: where to focus action now

Kaymarlin Govender & Linda-Gail Bekker 14 Jun 2021

HIV 40 years on: four action points to end Aids as a health threat

HIV/AIDS

HIV 40 years on: four action points to end Aids as a health threat

Gilles van Cutsem 10 Jun 2021

#WorldTBDay2021: Adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV at increased risk

Tuberculosis

#WorldTBDay2021: Adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV at increased risk

24 Mar 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

People relying on HIV prevention, care and treatment services have become even more vulnerable because of COVID-19. Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images

HIV/AIDS

Why it's important to keep diagnosing and treating HIV during the Covid-19 pandemic

Kathryn L Hopkins & Glenda Gray 30 Nov 2020

To suppress the Covid-19 pandemic, tens of millions of South Africans would have to be vaccinated. Nothing at that scale has been done here before. Photo: Armin Kübelbeck (CC-BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons)

Covid-19

Vaccinating tens of millions of people will be very difficult

James Stent & Nathan Geffen 27 Nov 2020

Early diagnosis and treatment are key in the fight against HIV. Peter Casaer

HIV/AIDS

Millions of people are on treatment for HIV: why are so many still dying?

Gilles van Cutsem 19 Nov 2020

Covid-19: Examining theories for Africa's low death rates

Covid-19

Covid-19: Examining theories for Africa's low death rates

Kevin Mars & Moses Alobo 8 Oct 2020

A laboratory technician processes samples for testing Covid-19 at the Rwanda Biomedical Center in Kigali. Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP via Getty

HIV/AIDS

How pooled testing can increase access to essential laboratory tests in Africa

Wolfgang Preiser & Gert van Zyl 4 Sep 2020

Pure Zone: 'Stick on' hygiene that inhibits the development of bacteria and coronaviruses

Covid-19

Pure Zone: 'Stick on' hygiene that inhibits the development of bacteria and coronaviruses

Issued by Pure Clean Zone 23 Oct 2020

A healthcare worker in a protective suit is seen at a quarantine and isolation centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Covid-19

How Covid-19 threatens efforts to contain HIV/Aids in South Africa

Nesri Padayatchi & Kogie Naidoo 21 Jul 2020

A man undergoes testing for Covid-19 at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital isolation centre, Nigeria. Audu Marte/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

African countries need cheaper Covid-19 tests: here's how to get them

Timothy Amukele & Mustafa Barbhuiya 16 Jul 2020

alexandersr/shutterstock

Covid-19

Rwanda's Covid-19 pool testing: a savvy option where there's low viral prevalence

Leon Mutesa 3 Jul 2020

Mary-Ann Davies

Covid-19

TB, HIV less likely to cause Covid-19 death than other comorbidities

Nicci Botha 10 Jun 2020

The World Health Organisation has suspended the use of hydroxychloroquine in a global drug trial. George Frey/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

Why it's vital to look beyond the hype about repurposed malaria drugs

Marguerite Blignaut 8 Jun 2020

SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient and imaged using a transmission electron micrograph.
NIAID

Covid-19

What we do and do not know about Covid-19's infectious dose and viral load

Marta Gaglia & Seema Lakdawala 2 Jun 2020

Health & Safety

Covid-19 and food safety: Are SA's food handling regulations up to scratch?

26 May 2020

Winnie Byanyima, executive director, UNAIDS. Source: UNAIDS

Covid-19

Covid-19 and HIV: When two viruses collide

Nicci Botha 7 May 2020

Marketing

Sunday Times Gen Next Conference, Interactive Showcase, Awards postponed

31 Mar 2020

New HIV infections remain high. Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

The search for an effective HIV vaccine continues

14 Feb 2020

HIV/AIDS

South Africa steps up its game to end mother-to-child transmission of HIV

Ute Feuch & Jeannette Wessels 9 Jan 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

HIV/AIDS

What does HIV look like in South Africa?

Nicci Botha 6 Dec 2019

The drug is set to improve HIV treatment. Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

ARV breakthrough: trial in South Africa confirms effectiveness of new drug

Michelle Moorhouse & Willem Daniel Francois Venter 29 Nov 2019

The use of HIV-positive organs is now a well-established practice in South Africa. Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

HIV factor in kidney transplants: research sheds new light on risks

Elmi Muller 27 Nov 2019

A number of factors contribute to the lower rates of uptake of HIV treatment by adolescents. Nic Bothma/EPA

HIV/AIDS

South Africa needs to get more young people with HIV on treatment

Mhairi Maskew 26 Nov 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

HIV/AIDS

Study sheds new light on barriers to a cure for HIV

16 Oct 2019