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Healthcare

Research and innovation key to safeguarding SA’s health resiliency

27 Jun 2024

Healthcare

1 Mpox fatality, 4 in recovery

13 Jun 2024

Healthcare

No new Covid-19 variant, claims Health

13 May 2024

Ogilvy Health leverages the power of data to launch South Africa’s first patient-led cancer registry

Healthcare

Ogilvy Health leverages the power of data to launch South Africa’s first patient-led cancer registry

Issued by Ogilvy South Africa 26 Feb 2024

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Healthcare

Ogilvy Health champions South Africa's first patient-led cancer registry

26 Feb 2024

Source: © 123rf The Health Department has applauded NICD And SAHPRA`s decision to recall contaminated health product - Sterile Lubricating Jelly

Healthcare

Health Department applauds recall of contaminated health product

21 Dec 2023

Healthcare

Latest stats spark urgent $45m long Covid response

27 Sep 2023

Winter is coming: Severe flu season likely to boost South Africa's cough, cold and flu industry

Healthcare

Winter is coming: Severe flu season likely to boost South Africa's cough, cold and flu industry

Issued by Insight Survey 16 Aug 2023

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ESG & Sustainability

Several initiatives to address pollution of rivers

7 Jul 2023

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Healthcare

RSV on the rise, hospitals urged to prepare for paediatric admissions

23 Mar 2023

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Healthcare

Vaccination drive hits Western Cape amidst growing measles outbreak in SA

27 Feb 2023

Source: DynaMedex.

Healthcare

SA measles outbreak of concern, NICD warns as case surge hits 80% worldwide

Katja Hamilton 13 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Britain and South Africa agree health partnership on second day of state visit

Alistair Smout 25 Nov 2022

Healthcare

Second monkeypox case detected in the Western Cape

16 Aug 2022

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

South Africa confirms third monkeypox case in tourist from Switzerland

Alexander Winning, Bhargav Acharya and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo 12 Jul 2022

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Healthcare

South Africa confirms its first case of monkeypox

23 Jun 2022

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Influenza cases on the rise in South Africa

9 Jun 2022

Clean drinking water: Discharging raw sewage into rivers and dams is a national security issue

ESG & Sustainability

Clean drinking water: Discharging raw sewage into rivers and dams is a national security issue

Professor Anthony Turton 28 Mar 2022

Healthcare

Mediclinic SA puts mandatory vaccinations on ice

Katja Hamilton 23 Feb 2022

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Tourism & Travel

EU travel ban lifted

12 Jan 2022

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Tourism & Travel

USA to lift southern Africa travel ban

29 Dec 2021

Source: REUTERS

Healthcare

SA reports record daily Covid-19 cases as Omicron spreads

16 Dec 2021

Healthcare

HFA hits back amid PCR-test price storm

Katja Hamilton 15 Dec 2021

African Union calls for rescinding of travel bans

Tourism & Travel

African Union calls for rescinding of travel bans

9 Dec 2021

Healthcare

Eastern Cape dog-rabies outbreak is "disastrous"

9 Dec 2021

Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Healthcare

SA health body sees threefold higher risk of reinfection from Omicron

Promit Mukherjee 3 Dec 2021

Healthcare

Omicron gets around some, not all immunity

2 Dec 2021

Source: Reuters/Sumaya Hisham

Healthcare

Omicron explained: Why scientists are worried

Alistair Smout, Alexander Winning, Tim Cocks, Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo, Stephanie Nebehay 28 Nov 2021

Source:© supplied Prof Lucille Blumberg

Healthcare

Infectious diseases expert, Prof Blumberg, joins Right to Care

9 Nov 2021

Source: ©Wits University Prof Shabir Madhi

Healthcare

Madhi recognised for educating public about Covid-19

25 Oct 2021

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Healthcare

Medscheme data shows effect of Covid-19 vaccination

7 Oct 2021

Retail

Alcohol sales restrictions lift as SA moves to Level 1

1 Oct 2021

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Healthcare

Compulsory Covid-19 vaccines?

28 Sep 2021

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Healthcare

Equity call for rare diseases healthcare

8 Sep 2021

A child gets a dose of the oral polio vaccine. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images

Healthcare

It's been a year since Africa was declared polio free. But a threat remains

Wayne Howard & Melinda Suchard 27 Aug 2021

Deputy President David Mabuza

Healthcare

Negotiations for Sputnik, Sinovac vaccines at advanced stage

17 Jun 2021

How South Africa is tracking adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines

Healthcare

How South Africa is tracking adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines

24 May 2021

Calls to restrict alcohol sales disregard state of the SA economy - Salba

Retail

Calls to restrict alcohol sales disregard state of the SA economy - Salba

21 May 2021

People with HIV are still dying from a treatable, but neglected, disease: all it needs is a plan

Healthcare

People with HIV are still dying from a treatable, but neglected, disease: all it needs is a plan

Gilles van Cutsem 17 May 2021

The WHO recommends that TB prevalence surveys be done in high burden countries. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Healthcare

First ever national survey shows the extent of South Africa's TB problem

Emily B Wong & Alison Grant 15 Mar 2021

Covid and flu - Should you still have the flu shot?

Healthcare

Covid and flu - Should you still have the flu shot?

Issued by Bonitas 8 Mar 2021

Lizle Louw, partner, Webber Wentzel

Energy & Mining

Can mining houses compel employees to be vaccinated?

Lizle Louw 9 Feb 2021

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Energy & Mining

What we want to hear from Minister Mantashe

Webber Wentzel team 29 Jan 2021

Professor Alex van den Heever, chair, Social Security Systems Administration and Management Studies at the Wits School of Governance.

Healthcare

The South African health system after Covid-19

Alex van den Heever 7 Jan 2021

There are at least three Covid-19 vaccines that have been approved by reputable health regulatory organisations around the world and many countries have begun rolling out vaccines, but not South Africa. Photo: Armin Kübelbeck (CC-BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons)

Healthcare

Health workers demand vaccine rollout

GroundUp staff 5 Jan 2021

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)

Healthcare

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

James Stent 11 Dec 2020

Mosquitoes and parasites do not respect country borders. CDC/James Gathan

Healthcare

As the malaria season begins in southern Africa, Covid-19 complicates the picture

Jaishree Raman & Shüné Oliver 6 Nov 2020

Healthcare

South Africa is testing digital technology to detect outbreaks of respiratory diseases

Cheryl Cohen & Sibongile Walaza 5 Nov 2020

Mxolisi Mgojo, chief executive officer, Exxaro Resources

Energy & Mining

Collaboration and cooperation for a safe mining industry

Mxolisi Mgojo 27 Oct 2020

Entrepreneurs tackle Covid-19 language challenges and job creation

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs tackle Covid-19 language challenges and job creation

21 Oct 2020