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An old woman hospitalized for dehydration during the recent record heat wave, receives IV drip while she is being consulted at an hospital in Niamey, Niger, 13 April 2024. Reuters/ Mahamadou Hamidou

Climate Change

Deadly heat in West Africa warns of climate change-driven scorchers to come

Boureima Balima and Abdel-Kader Mazou 18 Apr 2024

Source: Nobel Prize/Youtube

Covid-19

Nobel Prize for mRNA pioneers amid jab controversy

Katja Hamilton 6 Oct 2023

#OrchidsandOnions: Let's crumple tinfoil hats

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Let's crumple tinfoil hats

Brendan Seery 14 Dec 2021

Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings

Insurance & Actuarial

Old Mutual depletes Covid-19 reserve as deaths outpace expectations

Emma Rumney 23 Nov 2021

PRofessor Glenda Gray, CEO, SAMRC

Covid-19

J&J single-dose vaccine effective against Delta variant

26 Jul 2021

Many doctors and healthcare staff feel the need to practice in richer countries that offer a more stable politics, better education and opportunities for their families. Julien Harneis, CC BY-SA

Education & Training

Brain drain is a hidden tax on the countries left behind

Mark Shrime 23 Jul 2021

Source: Getty/Gallo

Public Health

Water, power cuts and neglect are taking their toll on South Africa's top hospitals

Daynia Ballot 8 Jul 2021

Covid-19: why critically ill patients in Africa are taking a bigger hit

Covid-19

Covid-19: why critically ill patients in Africa are taking a bigger hit

Bruce M Biccard 25 May 2021

The Lancet has published the results of an analysis of how critically ill Covid-19 patients did at 64 hospitals in Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, and South Africa. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Covid-19

Africa has a higher death rate among critically ill Covid-19 patients than anywhere else

Elsabé Brits 21 May 2021

Mykola Samoilenko/Shutterstock

Infectious Diseases

Scabies: the neglected tropical disease no one wants to talk about

Michael Head 22 Apr 2021

#OrchidsandOnions: Cheers to what's in a name

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Cheers to what's in a name

Brendan Seery 20 Apr 2021

Covid-19

One year on: #Covid-19 by the numbers

Nicci Botha 5 Mar 2021

Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Covid-19

Covid-19: Remarkable results from blood donor survey

Michael Cherry and Nathan Geffen 15 Feb 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused some 85,000 deaths among South Africans over 60. Image: NIAID-RML (CC BY 2.0)

Covid-19

Nearly 85,000 older South Africans have probably died from Covid-19

James Stent 26 Jan 2021

This graph published by the MRC shows how much worse the second Covid-19 surge is than the first one that peaked in July.

Covid-19

Record number of South Africans died in first week of 2021

James Stent and Nathan Geffen 14 Jan 2021

Nelson Mandela Bay. Image: Eastern Cape Tourism

Covid-19

Nelson Mandela Bay declared a Covid-19 hotspot

4 Dec 2020

Covid-19: Excess deaths for second week running

Covid-19

Covid-19: Excess deaths for second week running

Marecia Damons 30 Oct 2020

Businesses all over the country closed their doors for good. GettyImages

Covid-19

Lockdown didn't work in South Africa: why it shouldn't happen again

Benjamin T H Smart & Alex Broadbent 15 Oct 2020

Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize

Covid-19

Health focuses on immunity, seroprevalence as Covid-19 cases decline

15 Sep 2020

13,135 nurses employed since Covid-19 outbreak

Nursing

13,135 nurses employed since Covid-19 outbreak

14 Sep 2020

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)

Covid-19

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

James Stent 7 Sep 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

Covid-19

Here's a quick health win for government

GroundUp editors 25 Aug 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Covid-19

How deadly is Covid-19?

GroundUp and Spotlight staff 19 Jun 2020

Women's Health

Early detection helps prevent nearly thousand deaths from breast cancer each year: Research

17 Jun 2010

Public Health

Killer cars

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Public Health

Rich must pay climate change health costs

8 Apr 2008

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