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Source: Life Healthcare.
Healthcare
New TB skin test could offer cheaper and easier way to detect the disease

Yvette Naudé 5 Apr 2024

Vaccinating livestock against common diseases is a form of direct climate action
Agriculture
Vaccinating livestock against common diseases is a form of direct climate action

Jude Capper and David Barrett 27 Dec 2023

Image source: Jean-Paul CHASSENET –
Healthcare
RSV on the rise, hospitals urged to prepare for paediatric admissions

23 Mar 2023

Source: Supplied. Phatho Zondi, chief operating officer and clinical lead at Unu Health.
Healthcare
Standard Bank, Unu Health commit to bridging the gap in primary healthcare

28 Feb 2023

10 tips for flu and Covid-19 vaccines
Healthcare
10 tips for flu and Covid-19 vaccines

Issued by Bonitas 31 Mar 2022

Periodontitis - the silent killer!
Healthcare
Periodontitis - the silent killer!

Issued by Intercare 1 Oct 2021

Covid-19: why critically ill patients in Africa are taking a bigger hit
Healthcare
Covid-19: why critically ill patients in Africa are taking a bigger hit

Bruce M Biccard 25 May 2021

Professional accountants' responsibility to act in the public interest during Covid-19
Finance
Professional accountants' responsibility to act in the public interest during Covid-19

Jeanne Viljoen, Issued by SAICA 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

Many South Africans use traditional medicine. Paballo Thekiso/AFP via Getty Images
Healthcare
South African researchers are looking at medicinal plants for possible Covid-19 treatments

Depika Dwarka 25 Nov 2020

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

Cheryl Cohen & Sibongile Walaza 5 Nov 2020

Covid-19 has not been as devastating in South Africa as initially feared. Dino Lloyd/Gallo Images via Getty Images
Healthcare
Covid-19 and HIV: so far it seems the outcome is not what was feared

Burtram C. Fielding 21 Sep 2020

Children aged 0-14 years are likely to be physically active outdoors when it’s warm. Hello World/Getty Images
Healthcare
Air pollution, temperature and respiratory disease: a South African study

Bukola Olutola & Janine Wichmann 14 Jul 2020

A security guard checks the body temperature of a motorcyclist as a preventive measure. Risa Krisadhi/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
Healthcare
So you think investing in fever screening can curb the spread of Covid-19? Think again

Andrea Fuller & Duncan Mitchell 17 Jun 2020

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Logistics & Transport
The Covid-19 impact on global shipping and SA's economy

28 May 2020

Workers from Kinross Gold Mine, South Africa. Brooks Kraft LLC/Sygma via Getty Images
Energy & Mining
Health and safety in the spotlight as South Africa's miners go back to work

Nancy Coulson & Nicola Christofides 7 May 2020

Stray cows rest on a New Delhi street during a one-day civil curfew to combat coronavirus. Cattle may have been central to a coronavirus outbreak in 1890. Yawar Nazir/Getty Images
Healthcare
A brief history of the coronavirus family - including one pandemic we might have missed

Burtram Fielding 25 Mar 2020

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Healthcare
Blood groups - and their antibodies - are being explored in immunity to SARS-CoV2

Glenda Mary Davison 19 Mar 2020

New study: Improved housing doubles in Sub-Saharan Africa between 2000-2015
ESG & Sustainability
New study: Improved housing doubles in Sub-Saharan Africa between 2000-2015

1 Apr 2019

X-ray of the lungs in a 5-year-old child who has pneumonia. Shutterstock
Healthcare
It's time to go back to basics in the fight against childhood pneumonia

Nicole Wolter 14 Nov 2018

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Healthcare
The desperate global need for medical diagnostics

Julia von Oettingen and Rajesh Vedanthan 12 Jun 2018

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Agriculture
SADC updates bird flu disaster response plan

15 Mar 2018

New fish-smoking tech first introduced in Africa launched in Asia
Agriculture
New fish-smoking tech first introduced in Africa launched in Asia

22 Nov 2017

Photo: PRI/Stephane de Sakutin
Healthcare
KZN kicks off chronic care programme for HIV patients

9 Oct 2017

Avian influenza detected on a cape poultry farm
Agriculture
Avian influenza detected on a cape poultry farm

28 Aug 2017

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Agriculture
Western Cape Department of Agriculture on possible incidence of bird flu in Western Cape

14 Aug 2017

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Agriculture
Avian influenza H5N8 outbreak confirmed in SA

23 Jun 2017

Africa offers $40,8bn pharma opportunity
Healthcare
Africa offers $40,8bn pharma opportunity

20 Feb 2017

Traders selling dangerously dirty fuel across Africa: study
ESG & Sustainability
Traders selling dangerously dirty fuel across Africa: study

19 Sep 2016

By Gerhard Roux –
ESG & Sustainability
Climate change health risks will hit the poor hardest - so what can be done?

Bob Mash 14 Sep 2016

Environment behind nearly quarter of global deaths: WHO
ESG & Sustainability
Environment behind nearly quarter of global deaths: WHO

16 Mar 2016

Trauma exacerbates physical, mental disorders
Healthcare
Trauma exacerbates physical, mental disorders

26 Nov 2015

UCT has two winners at National Research Foundation Awards 2015
Education
UCT has two winners at National Research Foundation Awards 2015

Natalie Simon 31 Aug 2015

Innovative respiratory inhaler for Obstructive Airway Diseases
Healthcare
Innovative respiratory inhaler for Obstructive Airway Diseases

12 Aug 2015

Major pharmaceutical group calls for NCD research in sub-Saharan Africa
Healthcare
Major pharmaceutical group calls for NCD research in sub-Saharan Africa

17 Nov 2014

Reversing the effects of pulmonary fibrosis with a microRNA mimic
Healthcare
Reversing the effects of pulmonary fibrosis with a microRNA mimic

Jim Shelton 23 Sep 2014

Momentum Retail to focus on emerging middle class
Finance
Momentum Retail to focus on emerging middle class

19 Feb 2014

Asthma-related deaths on the rise
Healthcare
Asthma-related deaths on the rise

27 Aug 2013

Healthcare
Poultry cull follows Kathmandu bird flu outbreak

2 Dec 2011

Woodsmoke from cooking fires linked to pneumonia
Healthcare
Woodsmoke from cooking fires linked to pneumonia

14 Nov 2011

WITS A-rated scientists to focus on pneumococcal disease
Healthcare
WITS A-rated scientists to focus on pneumococcal disease

29 Mar 2011

Healthcare
UK flu worries continue

Dr Ananya Mandal, MD 4 Jan 2011

Healthcare
Bigger waistline, bigger risk of dying

11 Aug 2010

Healthcare
H5N1 avian influenza leaves people at increased risk for Parkinson's disease

11 Aug 2009

Healthcare
Dept monitoring suspected swine flu case

Gabi Khumalo 30 Apr 2009

Healthcare
China tells doctors to stop smoking

23 Mar 2009

Healthcare
Vaccinated Hajj pilgrims have more devotion time

Issued by Jenni Newman Public Relations 14 Oct 2008

Healthcare
Millions will die of lung disease in China in the next 25 years

5 Oct 2008

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