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SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19 (round blue objects), emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. Image by the US NIAID (CC BY 2.0)

How Western Cape will check for a future Covid-19 surge

James Stent 7 Sep 2020

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

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

Christian Happi 7 Sep 2020

Masks and sanitisers for Tshwane schools

Masks and sanitisers for Tshwane schools

Bonitas 7 Sep 2020

Weekly injection could treat type 2 diabetes, new enzyme discovery suggests

Magdalene Montgomery & Matthew Watt 4 Sep 2020

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

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

Wolfgang Preiser & Gert van Zyl 4 Sep 2020

Soft target - healthcare industry must prepare for the next wave of cyberattacks

Soft target - healthcare industry must prepare for the next wave of cyberattacks

3 Sep 2020

Normal blood cells (left) and the blood cells in sickle cell disease, which do not flow through the circulatory system smoothly. Credit: Darryl Leja, NHGRI (CC BY 2.0)

UCT professor's research offers hope of treatment for sickle cell anaemia

Elsabé Brits 3 Sep 2020

Health Department launches Covid-19 contact tracing app

Health Department launches Covid-19 contact tracing app

2 Sep 2020

This electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round gold objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. Image: NIAID-RML (CC BY 2.0)

Covid-19: How a Cape Town project saved many lives

Neal David 2 Sep 2020

SAHPRA extends Keytruda approval to lung and bladder cancer treatment

2 Sep 2020

BizFix: Kiss it Better Special

BizFix: Kiss it Better Special

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Investment health-related research is not adequate. GettyImages

African health research needs support: here's one programme that's working

Jude Igumbor 1 Sep 2020

How Dis-Chem customers changed their shopping behaviour during lockdown

How Dis-Chem customers changed their shopping behaviour during lockdown

31 Aug 2020

A woman gets her blood pressure checked at a camp for internally displaced people in Maiduguri, north-east Nigeria. Stefan Heunis/AFP via Getty Images

How Nigeria can break the culture of silence around women's reproductive illnesses

Oludoyinmola Omobolade Ojifinni 31 Aug 2020

What is the difference between medical aid and health insurance?

What is the difference between medical aid and health insurance?

Bloom Financial Services 31 Aug 2020

6 steps to creating patient trust in telehealth

6 steps to creating patient trust in telehealth

Neil Kinsley 28 Aug 2020

Send Clicks vouchers directly to the phone of someone in need

Send Clicks vouchers directly to the phone of someone in need

28 Aug 2020

Children’s health and nutrition is severely affected by the pandemic. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

South Africa needs a plan to protect children's health beyond Covid-19

Ute Feucht 28 Aug 2020

Professor Salim Abdool Karim

Covid-19 cases declining, but vigilance is still essential

27 Aug 2020

Lizeth Kruger, national clinic manager, Dis-Chem

#WomensMonth: Covid-19 taught Lizeth Kruger to adapt to change

Nicci Botha 27 Aug 2020

Hunger contributes strongly to health inequalities. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

Covid19: how the lockdown has affected the health of the poor in South Africa

Chijioke Nwosu & Adeola Oyenubi 26 Aug 2020

Dr Lizelle van Wyk and Professor Pierre Goussard

Snorkel masks protect health workers from Covid-19

26 Aug 2020

Local biotech company seeks government support, as it launches new Covid-19 testing technology that will allow for affordable mass testing

Local biotech company seeks government support, as it launches new Covid-19 testing technology that will allow for affordable mass testing

Ninety9cents 25 Aug 2020

Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi can make a simple policy change that can allow South Africa to implement a health programme that will be a model for the world. Photo: Tariro Washinyira

Here's a quick health win for government

GroundUp editors 25 Aug 2020

Experts are confident that there will be a vaccine next year. PenWin /iStock / Getty Images Plus

9 reasons you can be optimistic that a vaccine for Covid-19 will be widely available in 2021

William Petri 24 Aug 2020

Hidden Healthcare Heroes - apply for Henley scholarship

Hidden Healthcare Heroes - apply for Henley scholarship

24 Aug 2020

DoH recruits nearly 2,400 interns

DoH recruits nearly 2,400 interns

21 Aug 2020

Nelson Mandela Foundation hosts discussion on making universal healthcare universal

Nelson Mandela Foundation hosts discussion on making universal healthcare universal

21 Aug 2020

Comic by XKCD. (CC BY-NC 2.5)

Why the Covid recovery rate is a lousy measure of how we're doing

Alex Welte 21 Aug 2020

#WorldEntrepreneursDay: Teheca is connecting expectant mothers to nurses in Uganda

#WorldEntrepreneursDay: Teheca is connecting expectant mothers to nurses in Uganda

Evan-Lee Courie 21 Aug 2020

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

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

Christian Happi 7 Sep 2020

Weekly injection could treat type 2 diabetes, new enzyme discovery suggests

Magdalene Montgomery & Matthew Watt 4 Sep 2020

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

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

Wolfgang Preiser & Gert van Zyl 4 Sep 2020

Soft target - healthcare industry must prepare for the next wave of cyberattacks

Soft target - healthcare industry must prepare for the next wave of cyberattacks

3 Sep 2020

Normal blood cells (left) and the blood cells in sickle cell disease, which do not flow through the circulatory system smoothly. Credit: Darryl Leja, NHGRI (CC BY 2.0)

UCT professor's research offers hope of treatment for sickle cell anaemia

Elsabé Brits 3 Sep 2020

Health Department launches Covid-19 contact tracing app

Health Department launches Covid-19 contact tracing app

2 Sep 2020

This electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round gold objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. Image: NIAID-RML (CC BY 2.0)

Covid-19: How a Cape Town project saved many lives

Neal David 2 Sep 2020

SAHPRA extends Keytruda approval to lung and bladder cancer treatment

2 Sep 2020

BizFix: Kiss it Better Special

BizFix: Kiss it Better Special

Bizcommunity.com 1 Sep 2020

Investment health-related research is not adequate. GettyImages

African health research needs support: here's one programme that's working

Jude Igumbor 1 Sep 2020

How Dis-Chem customers changed their shopping behaviour during lockdown

How Dis-Chem customers changed their shopping behaviour during lockdown

31 Aug 2020

A woman gets her blood pressure checked at a camp for internally displaced people in Maiduguri, north-east Nigeria. Stefan Heunis/AFP via Getty Images

How Nigeria can break the culture of silence around women's reproductive illnesses

Oludoyinmola Omobolade Ojifinni 31 Aug 2020

What is the difference between medical aid and health insurance?

What is the difference between medical aid and health insurance?

Bloom Financial Services 31 Aug 2020

6 steps to creating patient trust in telehealth

6 steps to creating patient trust in telehealth

Neil Kinsley 28 Aug 2020

Send Clicks vouchers directly to the phone of someone in need

Send Clicks vouchers directly to the phone of someone in need

28 Aug 2020

Children’s health and nutrition is severely affected by the pandemic. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

South Africa needs a plan to protect children's health beyond Covid-19

Ute Feucht 28 Aug 2020

Professor Salim Abdool Karim

Covid-19 cases declining, but vigilance is still essential

27 Aug 2020

Lizeth Kruger, national clinic manager, Dis-Chem

#WomensMonth: Covid-19 taught Lizeth Kruger to adapt to change

Nicci Botha 27 Aug 2020

Hunger contributes strongly to health inequalities. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

Covid19: how the lockdown has affected the health of the poor in South Africa

Chijioke Nwosu & Adeola Oyenubi 26 Aug 2020

Dr Lizelle van Wyk and Professor Pierre Goussard

Snorkel masks protect health workers from Covid-19

26 Aug 2020

Local biotech company seeks government support, as it launches new Covid-19 testing technology that will allow for affordable mass testing

Local biotech company seeks government support, as it launches new Covid-19 testing technology that will allow for affordable mass testing

Ninety9cents 25 Aug 2020

Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi can make a simple policy change that can allow South Africa to implement a health programme that will be a model for the world. Photo: Tariro Washinyira

Here's a quick health win for government

GroundUp editors 25 Aug 2020

Experts are confident that there will be a vaccine next year. PenWin /iStock / Getty Images Plus

9 reasons you can be optimistic that a vaccine for Covid-19 will be widely available in 2021

William Petri 24 Aug 2020

Hidden Healthcare Heroes - apply for Henley scholarship

Hidden Healthcare Heroes - apply for Henley scholarship

24 Aug 2020

DoH recruits nearly 2,400 interns

DoH recruits nearly 2,400 interns

21 Aug 2020

Nelson Mandela Foundation hosts discussion on making universal healthcare universal

Nelson Mandela Foundation hosts discussion on making universal healthcare universal

21 Aug 2020

Comic by XKCD. (CC BY-NC 2.5)

Why the Covid recovery rate is a lousy measure of how we're doing

Alex Welte 21 Aug 2020

#WorldEntrepreneursDay: Teheca is connecting expectant mothers to nurses in Uganda

#WorldEntrepreneursDay: Teheca is connecting expectant mothers to nurses in Uganda

Evan-Lee Courie 21 Aug 2020

Dr Rhulani Khosa and Dr Peters Mathebula

#OnTheFrontLine: Covid-19 transforms lives of healthcare workers

20 Aug 2020

#WomensMonth: Reflections from leading women in health in Africa

#WomensMonth: Reflections from leading women in health in Africa

19 Aug 2020

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Bizcommunity.com 19 Aug 2020

Medical doctor Karabo Tlale expands horizons with skincare line

Medical doctor Karabo Tlale expands horizons with skincare line

19 Aug 2020

3 dental treatments you have to get in Cape Town

3 dental treatments you have to get in Cape Town

Avily 19 Aug 2020

Technology can help people manage their diabetes - case study shows it's not being used

18 Aug 2020

Let's #DoBizZA this September

Let's #DoBizZA this September

Bizcommunity.com 18 Aug 2020

Image: Western Cape Department of Health

WC Health starts scaling-up essential services

17 Aug 2020

Congolese artist Chris Shongo paints on the outside wall of the Academie des Beaux-Arts in Kinshasa on June 18, 2020.

Covid-19 shows that the DRC must invest in a health research industry

Dacquin M. Kasumba 14 Aug 2020

Charmaine Cunningham, Associate Professor Peter Hodkinson and Professor Lee Wallis

Covid-19 response highlights the value of cooperation

14 Aug 2020

Smile Foundation calls for support amid backlog of child surgeries

Smile Foundation calls for support amid backlog of child surgeries

14 Aug 2020

Forecasting post-Covid financial behaviours based on lessons from the 2008 financial markets crash

Forecasting post-Covid financial behaviours based on lessons from the 2008 financial markets crash

Dr Amelia Richards & Sithokozile Dubazane, Ask Afrika 13 Aug 2020

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