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AstraZeneca admits to rare Covid 19 vaccine side effects in legal filing

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Aviro Health launches Pocket Clinic

3 Dec 2021

Google delays return to office in Africa, Europe, Middle East

Google delays return to office in Africa, Europe, Middle East

3 Dec 2021

Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

SA health body sees threefold higher risk of reinfection from Omicron

Promit Mukherjee 3 Dec 2021

Covid-19: The Western Cape is now officially in a resurgence

Katja Hamilton 2 Dec 2021

Source: Daily Maverick/Shiraaz Mohamed

Gauteng Omicron cases rise at a rate 'not seen before'

2 Dec 2021

Omicron gets around some, not all immunity

2 Dec 2021

Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

SA's Aspen signs deal paving way for J&J Covid vaccine license

30 Nov 2021

Call to legalise work access restrictions for unvaccinated

Katja Hamilton 29 Nov 2021

Level 1 relief: Alcohol industry reliant on December trade to recover

29 Nov 2021

Dutch in arms: Omicron detected on SA flight

28 Nov 2021

Picture: Danette Breitenbach

SA stays on Alert Level One with mandatory vaccinations to be investigated

Danette Breitenbach 28 Nov 2021

Source: Reuters/Sumaya Hisham

Omicron explained: Why scientists are worried

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

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New vaccine tailored to Omicron can be ready in 100 days

28 Nov 2021

UK's 'knee-jerk' Red List temporary ban throws South African travellers into a muddle

Victoria O'Regan 26 Nov 2021

African Development Bank outlines new health infrastructure strategy

25 Nov 2021

Source: Department of Health

Covid-19: New variant with multiple mutations detected in SA

Danette Breitenbach 25 Nov 2021

Source: Reuters/Sumaya Hisham

SA puts brakes on Covid-19 vaccine delivery

Promit Mukherjee 24 Nov 2021

Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings

Old Mutual depletes Covid-19 reserve as deaths outpace expectations

Emma Rumney 23 Nov 2021

Singapore is making the unvaccinated pay for their Covid-19 medical expenses: Should South Africa do the same?

Geetesh Solanki, Judith Cornell, Reno Morar and Vishal Brijlal 23 Nov 2021

Source: ©bennymarty With hardly a month to go until the festive season begins, AfroCentric Group warns that the fourth wave is approaching

4th wave likely to be a wave of the unvaccinated

22 Nov 2021

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Side effects of mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations: Compensation criteria

Tracy van der Colff and Tiisetso Rabolao 18 Nov 2021

Source: © sigalavaca

Africa's overall well-being lower than global average as stress level rises

17 Nov 2021

Source: ©Jasmin Merdan

Clicks ready for Vooma Vaccination Weekend

12 Nov 2021

Source: ©dmbaker

R3.5m grant for Pan-African vaccine development

10 Nov 2021

Source:© supplied Prof Lucille Blumberg

Infectious diseases expert, Prof Blumberg, joins Right to Care

9 Nov 2021

Source: ©traimak

First oral Covid-19 medicine authorised in the UK

8 Nov 2021

Evergreen Val de Vie. Source: Supplied

Property developer extends vaccination drive to suppliers' workers

5 Nov 2021

Lockdown - Serving newly digitised consumers

Lockdown - Serving newly digitised consumers

Bonitas 5 Nov 2021

Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Dis-Chem profit jumps as drugs demand rebounds

4 Nov 2021

Source: ©Discovery Discovery vaccination site

Overcoming vaccine barriers key to herd immunity

3 Nov 2021

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Covid-19: The Western Cape is now officially in a resurgence

Katja Hamilton 2 Dec 2021

Source: Daily Maverick/Shiraaz Mohamed

Gauteng Omicron cases rise at a rate 'not seen before'

2 Dec 2021

Omicron gets around some, not all immunity

2 Dec 2021

Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

SA's Aspen signs deal paving way for J&J Covid vaccine license

30 Nov 2021

Call to legalise work access restrictions for unvaccinated

Katja Hamilton 29 Nov 2021

Level 1 relief: Alcohol industry reliant on December trade to recover

29 Nov 2021

Dutch in arms: Omicron detected on SA flight

28 Nov 2021

Picture: Danette Breitenbach

SA stays on Alert Level One with mandatory vaccinations to be investigated

Danette Breitenbach 28 Nov 2021

Source: Reuters/Sumaya Hisham

Omicron explained: Why scientists are worried

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

Source: ©alena-shekhovtcova

New vaccine tailored to Omicron can be ready in 100 days

28 Nov 2021

UK's 'knee-jerk' Red List temporary ban throws South African travellers into a muddle

Victoria O'Regan 26 Nov 2021

African Development Bank outlines new health infrastructure strategy

25 Nov 2021

Source: Department of Health

Covid-19: New variant with multiple mutations detected in SA

Danette Breitenbach 25 Nov 2021

Source: Reuters/Sumaya Hisham

SA puts brakes on Covid-19 vaccine delivery

Promit Mukherjee 24 Nov 2021

Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings

Old Mutual depletes Covid-19 reserve as deaths outpace expectations

Emma Rumney 23 Nov 2021

Singapore is making the unvaccinated pay for their Covid-19 medical expenses: Should South Africa do the same?

Geetesh Solanki, Judith Cornell, Reno Morar and Vishal Brijlal 23 Nov 2021

Source: ©bennymarty With hardly a month to go until the festive season begins, AfroCentric Group warns that the fourth wave is approaching

4th wave likely to be a wave of the unvaccinated

22 Nov 2021

Image source: © Artem Podrez –

Side effects of mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations: Compensation criteria

Tracy van der Colff and Tiisetso Rabolao 18 Nov 2021

Source: © sigalavaca

Africa's overall well-being lower than global average as stress level rises

17 Nov 2021

Source: ©Jasmin Merdan

Clicks ready for Vooma Vaccination Weekend

12 Nov 2021

Source: ©dmbaker

R3.5m grant for Pan-African vaccine development

10 Nov 2021

Source:© supplied Prof Lucille Blumberg

Infectious diseases expert, Prof Blumberg, joins Right to Care

9 Nov 2021

Source: ©traimak

First oral Covid-19 medicine authorised in the UK

8 Nov 2021

Evergreen Val de Vie. Source: Supplied

Property developer extends vaccination drive to suppliers' workers

5 Nov 2021

Lockdown - Serving newly digitised consumers

Lockdown - Serving newly digitised consumers

Bonitas 5 Nov 2021

Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Dis-Chem profit jumps as drugs demand rebounds

4 Nov 2021

Source: ©Discovery Discovery vaccination site

Overcoming vaccine barriers key to herd immunity

3 Nov 2021

Source: © Rob Marmion

Business sector mental illness crisis looms

Kreshnee Govender 2 Nov 2021

Source: © Dmitry Kalinovsky

Medtech sector key to SA's economic recovery

2 Nov 2021

Source: ©supplied

Covid-19: shaping Africa's future healthcare systems

29 Oct 2021

Source: ©Dmitry Kalinovsky

First Covid-19 oral antiviral medicine in submission stage

29 Oct 2021

Source: ©supplied by agency

Africa's healthcare systems under pressure

27 Oct 2021

G20 leaders called on to correct Covid-19 vaccine discrepencies

26 Oct 2021

Heineken employees vaccinated in Sedibeng

Heineken employees vaccinated in Sedibeng

Heineken South Africa 26 Oct 2021

Source: ©Wits University Prof Shabir Madhi

Madhi recognised for educating public about Covid-19

25 Oct 2021

Source: ©UNICEF/UN0493554/Msirikale Flight docked at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam ready to offload the initial delivery of 1,058,450 doses of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine donated by the United States government through the COVAX Facility

Covid-19 diagnostics: the key to Africa's recovery

21 Oct 2021

Source: ©Luis Louro

Call by SAMA: Give vaccine booster shot to all healthcare workers

21 Oct 2021

Source: ©Leigh Prather

Vaccinations for ages 12-17 years old has opened

20 Oct 2021

Source: ©pogonici

Vaccine refusers could cost consumers billions

18 Oct 2021

Fungal infections might be dangerous to Covid-19 patients with severe symptoms in ICU

Fungal infections might be dangerous to Covid-19 patients with severe symptoms in ICU

University of the Free State 18 Oct 2021

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