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New nanomedicine delivers improved outcome for prostate cancer

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Exploring the important lessons about global cooperation in public health

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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

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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

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Africa's genetic material is still being misused

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Admire Dube, associate professor of pharmacy, University of the Western Cape

Using nanomedicine to fight TB

Nicklaus Kruger 6 Dec 2019

Clinical trials underway for adult TB vaccine

Clinical trials underway for adult TB vaccine

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Professor Glenda Gray, president of the South African Medical Research Council. Photo: South African Medical Research Council

Hope for HIV vaccine being tested in South Africa

Elsabé Brits 23 Sep 2019

The oral polio vaccine is most commonly used in the developing world, despite one big problem.
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A newly designed vaccine may help stamp out remaining polio cases worldwide

Patricia L Foster 18 Sep 2019

Mandi Fine, CEO of F/NE Group Global.

#WomensMonth: Generic business lessons for the 21st Century from healthcare advertising

Leigh Andrews 20 Aug 2019

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Antimalarials less effective in malnourished children

16 Aug 2019

A health worker prepares to administer Ebola vaccination in the north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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The Uganda vaccine trial: how African researchers are tackling Ebola

Yap Boum 8 Aug 2019

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Michelle Moorhouse & Willem Daniel Francois Venter 6 Aug 2019

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Abbott's uninterrupted streak: 398th consecutive quarterly dividend declared

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FIRST: Johns Hopkins receives grant for psilocybin research

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Source: ©rolffimages

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11 Nov 2021

Source: ©supplied. The Moscow Centre for Diagnostics and Telemedicine

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Source: ©tashatuvango

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Rebecca Aicheler 17 Dec 2020

#BestofBiz 2020: Healthcare

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14 Dec 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

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Africa's genetic material is still being misused

Keymanthri Moodley 9 Jan 2020

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Admire Dube, associate professor of pharmacy, University of the Western Cape

Using nanomedicine to fight TB

Nicklaus Kruger 6 Dec 2019

Clinical trials underway for adult TB vaccine

Clinical trials underway for adult TB vaccine

21 Nov 2019

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Professor Glenda Gray, president of the South African Medical Research Council. Photo: South African Medical Research Council

Hope for HIV vaccine being tested in South Africa

Elsabé Brits 23 Sep 2019

The oral polio vaccine is most commonly used in the developing world, despite one big problem.
CDC/Alan Janssen, MSPH, CC BY

A newly designed vaccine may help stamp out remaining polio cases worldwide

Patricia L Foster 18 Sep 2019

Mandi Fine, CEO of F/NE Group Global.

#WomensMonth: Generic business lessons for the 21st Century from healthcare advertising

Leigh Andrews 20 Aug 2019

Image: World Vision International

Antimalarials less effective in malnourished children

16 Aug 2019

A health worker prepares to administer Ebola vaccination in the north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo.
EPA-EFE/STR

The Uganda vaccine trial: how African researchers are tackling Ebola

Yap Boum 8 Aug 2019

The drug is set to improve HIV treatment. shutterstock

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

Michelle Moorhouse & Willem Daniel Francois Venter 6 Aug 2019

Dr Joseph Sempa of Sacema presenting at the 2019 Clinic on Meaningful Modelling of Epidemiological Data. AIMS-South Africa

Africa needs specialist capacity to tackle the spread of infectious diseases

Juliet Pulliam & Jonathan Dushoff 29 Jul 2019

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Countries can be better prepared and respond faster to disease outbreaks if public health data is shared more freely. Shutterstock

Sharing data can help prevent public health emergencies in Africa

Moses John Bockarie 8 Jul 2019

To protect us all, babies travelling overseas may need the measles shot at 6 months instead of 12

To protect us all, babies travelling overseas may need the measles shot at 6 months instead of 12

Nicholas Wood, Alexis Pillsbury and Jean Li-Kim-Moy 28 Jun 2019

Neville Isdell and Kelly Chibale

R18m donation for African-centric medicine research

28 Jun 2019

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Alzheimer's disease not linked to type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure - new study

Elisabet Englund & Keivan Javanshiri 26 Jun 2019

The three big studies pushing at the frontiers of HIV prevention

Glenda Gray 14 Jun 2019

Fruit bats can pass Ebola on to humans. Jeffrey Paul Wade/Shutterstock

Ebola outbreaks may be more common than we think

14 Jun 2019

Professor Valerie Mizrahi. Photo: Robyn Walker/UCT

UCT scientist uses award to fund TB research

10 Jun 2019

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What the US could learn about vaccination from Nigeria

Shobana Shankar 7 Jun 2019

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Decolonising healthcare

6 Jun 2019

Tips from Nigeria on teaching teens about breast and cervical cancer

Tips from Nigeria on teaching teens about breast and cervical cancer

10 May 2019

With the right skills and infrastructure, Africa can boost its genomics research efforts. Dmytro Zinkevych/Shutterstock

Africa needs a heavy dose of investment in genomics research

Jenniffer Mabuka-Maroa 5 Apr 2019

Tools like the WHO checklist can lead to better surgical outcomes in countries with limited resources. Shutterstock

What African countries can do about ensuring safer surgery

Isabella Epiu 27 Mar 2019

Dedicated cannabis expo set for Cape Town in April

Dedicated cannabis expo set for Cape Town in April

11 Mar 2019

Health workers in Liberia at the height of the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak. Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA

Ebola in the DRC: the race is on between research and the virus

Yap Boum, Jean-Jacques Muyembe & Sabue Mulangu 8 Mar 2019

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Community-wide HIV prevention strategy can reduce new infections

Kim Cloete 5 Mar 2019

Personalised medicine aims to tailor treatment according to each person’s genetic makeup. Shutterstock

Why African countries need to give genomic research a major boost

Lamech Mwapagha 30 Jan 2019

Why does malaria recur? How pieces of the puzzle are slowly being filled in

Miles B Markus 17 Jan 2019

Professor Kelly Chibale. Photo: Je'nine May

R&D is the pipeline for science jobs in Africa

5 Dec 2018