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Vials of the Jynneos smallpox and monkeypox vaccine are placed on a table during a clinic offered by the Pima County Department of Public Health at Abrams Public Health Center in Tucson, Arizona, US, 20 August 2022. Reuters/Rebecca Noble/File Photo

Health & Social Welfare

African CDC: More than $800m pledged for mpox response

Anait Miridzhanian 27 Sep 2024

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

Africa CDC confident it can raise $600m for mpox response

Anait Miridzhanian 17 Sep 2024

SADC Tourism Alliance: Southern Africa remains low-risk for mpox

Travel

SADC Tourism Alliance: Southern Africa remains low-risk for mpox

21 Aug 2024

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

Congo authorities approve mpox vaccines to try to contain outbreak

1 Jul 2024

Professor Marc Mendelson

Covid-19

Third wave is on its way, if rapid vaccine roll out falters

26 Jan 2021

Health care workers and patients in the temporary outside area Steve Biko Academic Hospital created to screen and treat suspected Covid-19 cases in Pretoria. Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images via Getty Images

Covid-19

South African scientists who discovered new Covid-19 variant share what they know

Willem Hanekom & Tulio de Oliveira 25 Jan 2021

"To close, or not to close?" the question that plagues restaurant owners

SMEs

"To close, or not to close?" the question that plagues restaurant owners

Evan-Lee Courie 22 Jan 2021

UKZN suspends 2021 reopening due to Covid-19 second wave

Higher Education

UKZN suspends 2021 reopening due to Covid-19 second wave

31 Dec 2020

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

Covid-19

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

Christian Happi 7 Sep 2020

It’s important for scientists to have the most thorough understanding of HIV. Shutterstock

HIV/AIDS

What the discovery of a new HIV strain means for the pandemic

Linda-Gail Bekker 7 Feb 2020

Lessons from keeping the country free of Ebola have informed steps taken since the coronavirus scare first broke. Shutterstock

Public Health

Nigeria and disease outbreaks. Better prepared, but still weak spots

Folasade Ogunsola 4 Feb 2020

Researchers examine materials collected from a Chinese woman to find the cause of her mysterious pneumonia symptoms, at Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, South Korea, 09 January 2020.

Infectious Diseases

Scientists still searching for causes of mysterious pneumonia outbreak in China

Ririn Ramadhany 24 Jan 2020

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

HIV/AIDS

Genome sequencing reveals new HIV strain

7 Nov 2019

The effect of flu medication when driving

Safety

The effect of flu medication when driving

25 Jun 2019

Mining automation, IIoT, raise cyber risk

Technology

Mining automation, IIoT, raise cyber risk

19 Jun 2019

These CRISPR-modified crops don't count as GMOs

Agriculture

These CRISPR-modified crops don't count as GMOs

Yi Li 23 May 2018

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Agriculture

New campaign launched to contain a major threat to banana production

19 Oct 2017

How to expand your startup outside of Africa

Marketing & Media

How to expand your startup outside of Africa

Tom Jackson 16 Mar 2017

Agriculture

Bird flu in Uganda highlights gaps in Africa's plans to manage pandemics

Jeanette Dawa 15 Feb 2017

Locky: the new strain

Cybersecurity

Locky: the new strain

26 Feb 2016

US poultry exports exempt from Indiana avian flu outbreak

Import/Export

US poultry exports exempt from Indiana avian flu outbreak

Linda Ensor 20 Jan 2016

Heat-treated ostrich meat on shelves in SA

Farming

Heat-treated ostrich meat on shelves in SA

18 Jul 2013

E.coli 2011 outbreak: Deadly bacteria is 'a new strain'

Infectious Diseases

E.coli 2011 outbreak: Deadly bacteria is 'a new strain'

3 Jun 2011

Medtech

New mathematical method predicts dominant strain of influenza virus

16 Nov 2010

Paediatrics

Egg sensitivity and flu shot: doctors' dilemma

6 Nov 2009

Infectious Diseases

Scientists say each person with swine flu will infect two others

28 Jul 2009

Retail

Super sorghum for Africa

Wilma den Hartigh 6 Feb 2009

Healthcare

Zambia closes border, following Arenavirus deaths in SA

31 Oct 2008

Infectious Diseases

Arenavirus is a new strain

28 Oct 2008

Infectious Diseases

Scrumpox - deadly rugby virus spreads in sumo wrestlers

29 Sep 2008

Infectious Diseases

New bird flu strain detected in Nigeria

12 Aug 2008

Medical Research

Scientists render Ebola harmless in the laboratory

28 Jan 2008

Infectious Diseases

Nasty new cold virus claims lives across the US

16 Nov 2007

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