Health

There are few, if any, studies to support Pfizer chief executive’s assertion that the global south would be more vaccine-hesitant than the north

How Covid-19 has intensified the physical and emotional burdens placed on children’s shoulders.

Vulnerable older groups remain a priority for the health department, so no Covid-19 jabs for children for now

As national lockdown regulations ease, President Cyril Ramaphosa urges South Africans to vaccinate

A mental health pandemic: It’s far from ideal, but a dying mother was able to blow kisses to her child thanks to Khanya the robot

The youth is the first of 2 000 South African children taking part in the global trial to test the CoronaVac vaccine

The effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines is becoming clear from the difference in the number of people admitted to hospital between those who have received at least one vaccine dose and those who have had none

Children from the age of six months to 17 years will take part in vaccine trials

Digital certification looms, but questions remain on implementation, worldwide standardisation, fraud and the ethics of mandatory vaccinations

Organ and tissue donation has not received the priority that it should have from the South African government. A few concrete steps would make a dramatic difference.

South Africa must make dramatic shifts in its Covid-19 prevention strategies to include new evidence that Sars-CoV-2 spreads mainly through the air

Study finds most South Africans rely on healthcare workers for vaccine advice

South Africa is still awaiting millions of Covid-19 vaccines from Johnson & Johnson even though the country contributed to its research through the Ensemble and Sisonke studies

Companies falsely claimed that onsite oxygen plants could kill patients

The way business is done in the global economy is driving society apart. Corporate social responsibility programmes will not rectify the exclusion and inequalities that exist

Side-effects are common when you receive any type of vaccine, a senior vaccine researcher says

The scientific process is like a hamburger. By examining the quality of each ingredient, you can see how good the end product is. You wouldn’t want mouldy bread or wilted lettuce ruining a perfectly good meal — and similarly you don’t want bad science ruining what could otherwise be a perfectly good vaccine. We look at whether Sputnik V could make it onto the menu.

Russia’s COVID vaccine, Sputnik V, is plagued by a series of red flags and question marks surrounding its clinical trials and results. Here’s how the jab took a shortcut and created sceptics about its underlying science.