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Belinda Beresford
Belinda Beresford is an award-winning journalist and the former health and deputy news editor of the Mail & Guardian. She now lives in the United States.
Covid-19 crash course: Everything you need to know about viruses, variants and vaccines
Covid-19 variants are new versions of the virus that are smarter at surviving. But before we can understand what these changed forms mean for vaccines, we first need to go back…
The cost of doing nothing
‘The global trend towards private vehicles … is a recipe for transport congestion that will bring cities to a standstill’
June 16: There’s no such thing as a lost generation, it’s time to invest in our youth now
Vital that the government and private sector create jobs and invest in youth as their numbers rise.
Riddles of race
Being the white mother of a black child has been a salutary lesson in race awareness for Belinda Beresford.
‘He owns me — he paid for me’
Lebo Ramafoko of Soul City has been enduring years of abuse from an ex-partner. She has decided to ‘walk the talk’ and be open about her experiences.
A lethal cocktail
Asymptomatic patients and poor sanitary conditions increase the risk of cholera spreading beyond Zimbabwe, writes Belinda Beresford
A steady erosion
HIV is thought to have a kill rate of close to 100%, higher than even the notorious haemorrhagic diseases such as Ebola.
A healthier future
Rarely in South Africa can a minister have come to power carrying such a weight of expectation as Barbara Hogan.
On the way down
The tie between health and wealth has held true for most of the world, and for as long as there appear to have been economists to notice it.
A virus by any other name is still a virus
One of the most lethal viruses known to science has made its appearance in Africa, but naming it has been held up by political sensitivities.
Safe babies, threatened mothers?
The most basic way of preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV appears to cause resistance to one of the key anti-HIV drugs in women.
SA pioneers HIV+ transplant
New procedure throws lifeline to HIV-positive renal patients.
Hunting Virus X
There are no conclusive answers about the cause of three deaths in Johannesburg, thought to have been haemorrhagic fever.
TB breakthrough a challenge to govt
One of the key anti-TB drugs, rifampicin, increases the speed at which one class of ARVs is broken down by the body.
Palin’s views pull prochoice pennies
Despite being a pro-choice, liberal atheist, I gave money in honour of the US vice-residential candidate Sarah Palin today.