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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 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 global trend towards private vehicles … is a recipe for transport congestion that will bring cities to a standstill’
Vital that the government and private sector create jobs and invest in youth as their numbers rise.
Being the white mother of a black child has been a salutary lesson in race awareness for Belinda Beresford.
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.
Asymptomatic patients and poor sanitary conditions increase the risk of cholera spreading beyond Zimbabwe, writes Belinda Beresford
HIV is thought to have a kill rate of close to 100%, higher than even the notorious haemorrhagic diseases such as Ebola.
Rarely in South Africa can a minister have come to power carrying such a weight of expectation as Barbara Hogan.
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.
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.
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.
New procedure throws lifeline to HIV-positive renal patients.
There are no conclusive answers about the cause of three deaths in Johannesburg, thought to have been haemorrhagic fever.
One of the key anti-TB drugs, rifampicin, increases the speed at which one class of ARVs is broken down by the body.
Despite being a pro-choice, liberal atheist, I gave money in honour of the US vice-residential candidate Sarah Palin today.
Legislation aimed at stabilising medical schemes has run into heavy flak, reports Belinda Beresford.
The government medical scheme has continued to siphon new members, driving the first noteworthy increase in the number of medical aid beneficiaries.
Fasting may be good for your soul, but an expert says it may not be so good for your waistline.
The huge variation in levels of HIV infection among pregnant women across SA was clearly demonstrated in the latest government report on the epidemic.
National distribution of two vaccines against pneumonia and diarrhoea will be possible soon.
