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HIV/AIDS

SA Health to fund HIV/Aids research to fill Pepfar void

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Wits University researchers are scrambling to manage the fallout from the decision by US President Donald Trump to slash funding to South Africa. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Higher Education

Wits scrambles to lessen fallout from Trump’s funding cuts

Aisling de Lange 21 May 2025

Healthcare

Sugary drinks are a killer: a 20% tax would save lives and rands in South Africa

Susan Goldstein 4 Apr 2025

The retired coal-fired Komati Power Station, operated by Eskom, is seen near Komati village, in the Mpumalanga province in South Africa, 9 May 2024. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Climate Change

South Africa grants Eskom coal plants limited emissions exemptions

Wendell Roelf 1 Apr 2025

Source: Pexels.

Medical Research

#HumanRightsMonth: NIH's potential funding cut threatens South African medical research

19 Mar 2025

Source: Reuters.

HIV/AIDS

Trump's aid cuts stop South African HIV vaccine trials in their tracks

Catherine Schenck 19 Feb 2025

HIV/AIDS

Vaccines can put an end to HIV – African governments must take the lead in developing them

Glenda Gray and Asa Tapley 2 Jan 2025

Healthcare

Social protection was always meant to be in the plan – where did it all go wrong?

18 Nov 2024

How to eat right for a better life

Nutrition

How to eat right for a better life

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 9 Oct 2024

Source: Supplied.

HIV/AIDS

Significant progress has been made in controlling HIV in South Africa, report shows

23 Jul 2024

Professor Mosa Moshabela appointed UCT's new vice-chancellor

Higher Education

Professor Mosa Moshabela appointed UCT's new vice-chancellor

30 May 2024

SU's Professor Tulio de Oliveira selected for Time100 Health 2024

Education & Training

SU's Professor Tulio de Oliveira selected for Time100 Health 2024

Issued by Stellenbosch University 6 May 2024

Source: South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)

Healthcare

UCT academic appointed SAMRC president and CEO

3 May 2024

Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa - why this is wrong

Research

Big companies, like Nestlé, are funding health research in South Africa - why this is wrong

Susan Goldstein, Mark Tomlinson, Rachel Wynberg and Tanya Doherty 5 Mar 2024

Call for a national early childhood feeding scheme

Primary & Secondary Education

Call for a national early childhood feeding scheme

Sonia A. Rao 16 Nov 2023

Public Health

South Africa, Germany sign agreement for vaccine production

15 Sep 2023

Covid-19

SA launches first Covid-19 antigen self-test kit

12 Apr 2023

Healthcare

Pivotal local research on antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals begins in earnest

22 Nov 2022

Source: Supplied.

Medical Research

First cannabis clinical trial takes off in South Africa

11 Nov 2022

Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

28 Oct 2022

Public Health

SA's Tobacco Control Bill reaches major milestone on its path to law

3 Oct 2022

Covid-19

"There should be no secrecy in a pandemic" - Health Justice Initiative's senior researcher

13 Sep 2022

Healthcare

A call to plug SA's e-cigarette regulation gap

30 May 2022

J&J teams up with African scientists to find new drugs to address antimicrobial resistance

Healthcare

J&J teams up with African scientists to find new drugs to address antimicrobial resistance

28 Apr 2022

Prof Refilwe Phaswana-Mafuya

Higher Education

UJ to host its first ever SAMRC Extramural Research Unit

7 Apr 2022

Medical Research

SAMRC sponsors landmark Covid-19 vaccine trial in collaborative bid to combat HIV

13 Jan 2022

Source:© supplied Prof Lucille Blumberg

Covid-19

Infectious diseases expert, Prof Blumberg, joins Right to Care

9 Nov 2021

Source: ©Wits University Prof Shabir Madhi

Covid-19

Madhi recognised for educating public about Covid-19

25 Oct 2021

Source: ©Ionut Dan Popescu

Cardiology

The reality of cardiovascular risk

5 Oct 2021

Source: ©Elvira Koneva

Covid-19

Compulsory Covid-19 vaccines?

28 Sep 2021

The gender impact of South Africa's pandemics

Health & Social Welfare

The gender impact of South Africa's pandemics

Phinah Kodisang 13 Sep 2021

This Heritage Month, explore South Africa's rich stories on Showmax, from Flatland to United Apart SA - Lockdown Remembered

Streaming

This Heritage Month, explore South Africa's rich stories on Showmax, from Flatland to United Apart SA - Lockdown Remembered

Issued by Showmax 7 Sep 2021

PRofessor Glenda Gray, CEO, SAMRC

Covid-19

J&J single-dose vaccine effective against Delta variant

26 Jul 2021

Source: Getty/Gallo

Covid-19

South Africa's latest Covid-19 lockdown puts spotlight back on vaccination failures

Shabir A Madhi 30 Jun 2021

Source: , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Health & Social Welfare

Blunting the impact of poor social conditions in South Africa will have big health benefits

Ebrahim Samodien 23 Jun 2021

Professor Glenda Gray. Image supplied

Covid-19

Studies show good response to J&J jab

18 Jun 2021

Six-month treatment effective for multi-drug-resistant TB, study finds

Tuberculosis

Six-month treatment effective for multi-drug-resistant TB, study finds

8 Jun 2021

New deputy vice-chancellor appointed at the North-West University

Higher Education

New deputy vice-chancellor appointed at the North-West University

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 13 May 2021

Professor Abdool Karim appointed to WHO Science Council

Medical Research

Professor Abdool Karim appointed to WHO Science Council

30 Apr 2021

Professor Shabir Madhi

Covid-19

Covid-19 is here to stay

21 Apr 2021

Standard Bank Top Women Leaders publication 16th edition 2021 - it's a must-see!

Magazines

Standard Bank Top Women Leaders publication 16th edition 2021 - it's a must-see!

Issued by Topco Media 15 Apr 2021

#WorldTBDay2021: Adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV at increased risk

Tuberculosis

#WorldTBDay2021: Adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV at increased risk

24 Mar 2021

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

Tuberculosis

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

Emily B Wong & Alison Grant 15 Mar 2021

Hydroxychloroquine does not reduce death in Covid-19 cases

Covid-19

International study shows hydroxychloroquine does not reduce Covid-19 deaths

10 Mar 2021

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is effective against the strain of SARS-CoV-2 that is dominant in South Africa. Illustration: Lisa Venter

Covid-19

Johnson & Johnson vaccine looks excellent for South Africa in first published detailed analysis

Michael Cherry 25 Feb 2021

UP researchers receive prestigious grants for cancer research

Medical Research

UP researchers receive prestigious grants for cancer research

9 Feb 2021

Accelerating access to palliative care is a fundamental human right

Palliative care

Accelerating access to palliative care is a fundamental human right

Issued by MANGO-OMC 3 Feb 2021

Study shows that the Novavax vaccine is effective against the dominant variant of Covid-19 in South Africa. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Covid-19

Results from Novavax vaccine trials in the UK and South Africa differ: why, and does it matter?

Ina Skosana 2 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

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