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Europe: Covid-19 contract-transparency ruling fails to cloud Von der Leyen's future

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Mandela Day: Gauteng's health initiative clears surgery backlog

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Africa Health Congress: SA's new NHI - path to UHC or empty promise?

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Europe: Covid-19 contract-transparency ruling fails to cloud Von der Leyen's future

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Mandela Day: Gauteng's health initiative clears surgery backlog

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Researchers analyse initial impacts of Covid-19 in Africa

Researchers analyse initial impacts of Covid-19 in Africa

24 Dec 2020

SA makes down payment for Covid-19 vaccine

SA makes down payment for Covid-19 vaccine

23 Dec 2020

Vaccine rollout: Here is where South Africa stands

Vaccine rollout: Here is where South Africa stands

James Stent 22 Dec 2020

The distribution of a vaccine is another example of how everything about Covid is very different if you're poor

The distribution of a vaccine is another example of how everything about Covid is very different if you're poor

John Davenport, Havas Johannesburg 22 Dec 2020

Struggling to start a family? Wijnland Fertility can help

Struggling to start a family? Wijnland Fertility can help

Ruby Digital 22 Dec 2020

PhD study helps to improve safety and efficacy of radiopharmaceuticals

PhD study helps to improve safety and efficacy of radiopharmaceuticals

Dr Alec Basson 18 Dec 2020

Bizcommunity's festive thank you to the SA business community

Bizcommunity's festive thank you to the SA business community

Bizcommunity.com 18 Dec 2020

YouTube's top-performing advertisements in SA for 2020

YouTube's top-performing advertisements in SA for 2020

17 Dec 2020

Severe Covid may be caused by 'autoantibodies' - here is what that means

Severe Covid may be caused by 'autoantibodies' - here is what that means

Rebecca Aicheler 17 Dec 2020

Professor Salim Abdool Karim

Salim Abdool Karim wins 2020 John Maddox Prize for Covid-19 work

15 Dec 2020

President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image SAnews.gov.za

Level 1 Covid-19 restrictions expanded over festive season

15 Dec 2020

Metropolitan invites South Africans to join together by sharing their losses from 2020, and start 2021 stronger

Metropolitan invites South Africans to join together by sharing their losses from 2020, and start 2021 stronger

Metropolitan 15 Dec 2020

#BestofBiz 2020: Healthcare

#BestofBiz 2020: Healthcare

14 Dec 2020

The Nigerian government struggles to contain Covid-19 while other diseases suffer some measure of neglect Photo by Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images

Where Covid-19 has left Nigeria's health system

Adejuwon Soyinka 14 Dec 2020

Studies confirm Daikin's patented streamer technology inactivates more than 99.9% of the coronavirus

Studies confirm Daikin's patented streamer technology inactivates more than 99.9% of the coronavirus

Daikin 14 Dec 2020

Doaa Ali and Tsaone Tamuhla

UCT doctoral candidates win L'Oréal-Unesco award

11 Dec 2020

A graphic of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. Image by Hanna Vega Yinon M Bar-On, Avi Flamholz, Rob Phillips, and Ron Milo via Wikimedia, published in Cell Biology by the Numbers (CC BY-SA 4.0)

#Covid19: Blood tests to be conducted on 19,000 people in nine provinces

James Stent 11 Dec 2020

Irina via Pexels

Cigarette market normalised, but not the same as before ban - study

11 Dec 2020

Bloom Financial Services endorses Universal Health Coverage Day

Bloom Financial Services endorses Universal Health Coverage Day

Bloom Financial Services 11 Dec 2020

Covid-19 shows gender bias: men more likely to need critical care

Covid-19 shows gender bias: men more likely to need critical care

10 Dec 2020

First phase completion

First phase complete on Entebbe research clinic

10 Dec 2020

Health minister Zweli Mkhize

Second wave hits SA

10 Dec 2020

Festive season and food in a pandemic year

Festive season and food in a pandemic year

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 10 Dec 2020

Shivani Ranchod, CEO and healthcare actuary, Percept

Window of opportunity for telemedicine innovation in SA

9 Dec 2020

Professor Felicity Burt

SARS, MERS research paved way for rapid development of Covid-19 vaccines

8 Dec 2020

Eight months later, it’s unclear what the government’s strategy actually was when it imposed the strict lockdown. Shutterstock

Covid-19 in South Africa: A critical assessment of the first 90 days

Seán Mfundza Muller 8 Dec 2020

A simple chain of amino acids folds into a complex three-dimensional structure.

AI makes huge progress predicting how proteins fold

Marc Zimmer 7 Dec 2020

High levels of bureaucratic corruption prevail in Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania. Shutterstock/Pro-Stock studio

Social norms and poor services drive petty corruption in East Africa's health sector

Saba Kassa, Claudia Baez Camargo & Jacopo Costa 7 Dec 2020

Surveys to find out how many people have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 are underway. Free image via Pixabay

New surveys may shed light on SA's Covid epidemic

James Stent 4 Dec 2020

Nelson Mandela Bay. Image: Eastern Cape Tourism

Nelson Mandela Bay declared a Covid-19 hotspot

4 Dec 2020

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SA makes down payment for Covid-19 vaccine

SA makes down payment for Covid-19 vaccine

23 Dec 2020

Vaccine rollout: Here is where South Africa stands

Vaccine rollout: Here is where South Africa stands

James Stent 22 Dec 2020

The distribution of a vaccine is another example of how everything about Covid is very different if you're poor

The distribution of a vaccine is another example of how everything about Covid is very different if you're poor

John Davenport, Havas Johannesburg 22 Dec 2020

Struggling to start a family? Wijnland Fertility can help

Struggling to start a family? Wijnland Fertility can help

Ruby Digital 22 Dec 2020

PhD study helps to improve safety and efficacy of radiopharmaceuticals

PhD study helps to improve safety and efficacy of radiopharmaceuticals

Dr Alec Basson 18 Dec 2020

Bizcommunity's festive thank you to the SA business community

Bizcommunity's festive thank you to the SA business community

Bizcommunity.com 18 Dec 2020

YouTube's top-performing advertisements in SA for 2020

YouTube's top-performing advertisements in SA for 2020

17 Dec 2020

Severe Covid may be caused by 'autoantibodies' - here is what that means

Severe Covid may be caused by 'autoantibodies' - here is what that means

Rebecca Aicheler 17 Dec 2020

Professor Salim Abdool Karim

Salim Abdool Karim wins 2020 John Maddox Prize for Covid-19 work

15 Dec 2020

President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image SAnews.gov.za

Level 1 Covid-19 restrictions expanded over festive season

15 Dec 2020

Metropolitan invites South Africans to join together by sharing their losses from 2020, and start 2021 stronger

Metropolitan invites South Africans to join together by sharing their losses from 2020, and start 2021 stronger

Metropolitan 15 Dec 2020

#BestofBiz 2020: Healthcare

#BestofBiz 2020: Healthcare

14 Dec 2020

The Nigerian government struggles to contain Covid-19 while other diseases suffer some measure of neglect Photo by Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images

Where Covid-19 has left Nigeria's health system

Adejuwon Soyinka 14 Dec 2020

Studies confirm Daikin's patented streamer technology inactivates more than 99.9% of the coronavirus

Studies confirm Daikin's patented streamer technology inactivates more than 99.9% of the coronavirus

Daikin 14 Dec 2020

Doaa Ali and Tsaone Tamuhla

UCT doctoral candidates win L'Oréal-Unesco award

11 Dec 2020

A graphic of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. Image by Hanna Vega Yinon M Bar-On, Avi Flamholz, Rob Phillips, and Ron Milo via Wikimedia, published in Cell Biology by the Numbers (CC BY-SA 4.0)

#Covid19: Blood tests to be conducted on 19,000 people in nine provinces

James Stent 11 Dec 2020

Irina via Pexels

Cigarette market normalised, but not the same as before ban - study

11 Dec 2020

Bloom Financial Services endorses Universal Health Coverage Day

Bloom Financial Services endorses Universal Health Coverage Day

Bloom Financial Services 11 Dec 2020

Covid-19 shows gender bias: men more likely to need critical care

Covid-19 shows gender bias: men more likely to need critical care

10 Dec 2020

First phase completion

First phase complete on Entebbe research clinic

10 Dec 2020

Health minister Zweli Mkhize

Second wave hits SA

10 Dec 2020

Festive season and food in a pandemic year

Festive season and food in a pandemic year

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 10 Dec 2020

Shivani Ranchod, CEO and healthcare actuary, Percept

Window of opportunity for telemedicine innovation in SA

9 Dec 2020

Professor Felicity Burt

SARS, MERS research paved way for rapid development of Covid-19 vaccines

8 Dec 2020

Eight months later, it’s unclear what the government’s strategy actually was when it imposed the strict lockdown. Shutterstock

Covid-19 in South Africa: A critical assessment of the first 90 days

Seán Mfundza Muller 8 Dec 2020

A simple chain of amino acids folds into a complex three-dimensional structure.

AI makes huge progress predicting how proteins fold

Marc Zimmer 7 Dec 2020

High levels of bureaucratic corruption prevail in Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania. Shutterstock/Pro-Stock studio

Social norms and poor services drive petty corruption in East Africa's health sector

Saba Kassa, Claudia Baez Camargo & Jacopo Costa 7 Dec 2020

Surveys to find out how many people have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 are underway. Free image via Pixabay

New surveys may shed light on SA's Covid epidemic

James Stent 4 Dec 2020

Nelson Mandela Bay. Image: Eastern Cape Tourism

Nelson Mandela Bay declared a Covid-19 hotspot

4 Dec 2020

A substantial proportion of people may refuse or delay taking a Covid-19 vaccine. Shutterstock

Misinformation on social media fuels vaccine hesitancy: a global study shows the link

Steven Lloyd Wilson & Charles Shey Wiysonge 4 Dec 2020

About 70% of South Africans with HIV are on antiretroviral treatment.

South Africa has the best HIV policies, report finds

James Stent 3 Dec 2020

Direct-to-consumer genetic testing can help scientific researchers. Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock

How South Africans can use their DNA to be good genomic citizens

Caitlin Uren 3 Dec 2020

Body dysmorphic disorder and surgical outcomes

Body dysmorphic disorder and surgical outcomes

Vanessa Rogers 2 Dec 2020

Introducing Africa's first cannabis academy: Q&A with Cheeba Cannabis Academy co-founder Trenton Birch

Introducing Africa's first cannabis academy: Q&A with Cheeba Cannabis Academy co-founder Trenton Birch

Ruth Cooper 2 Dec 2020

Covid-19 vaccine trials in Africa: what's promising, and what's problematic

Benjamin Kagina 2 Dec 2020

#WorldAIDSDay: Phase 3 trial investigates one-dose PrEP for women and adolescent girls

#WorldAIDSDay: Phase 3 trial investigates one-dose PrEP for women and adolescent girls

1 Dec 2020

Tech startup LocumBase secures funding from E² Investments and Jozi Angels

Tech startup LocumBase secures funding from E² Investments and Jozi Angels

1 Dec 2020

Sonali Pal Chaudhury/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Battles won - and lost - against Aids hold valuable lessons for managing Covid-19

Linda-Gail Bekker 1 Dec 2020

Futurist-in-chief Dion Chang to lead BizTrends2021 - Towards New North and New Narratives

Futurist-in-chief Dion Chang to lead BizTrends2021 - Towards New North and New Narratives

Bizcommunity.com 30 Nov 2020

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

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

Kathryn L Hopkins & Glenda Gray 30 Nov 2020

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