Health

Pfizer vaccine approved for children older than 12, but roll-out not yet on the way

marcia zali 13 Sep 2021

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

Restrictions eased as South Africa moves to lockdown level 2

Eunice Stoltz 12 Sep 2021

The robot that allows Covid-19 patients human contact

chris bateman 11 Sep 2021

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South African adolescent receives first shot in Sinovac trial

marcia zali 10 Sep 2021

Data shows there’s a higher risk of landing up in ICU or dying if you’re not vaccinated

marcia zali 10 Sep 2021

How do vaccines work when you have HIV or cancer? Four questions answered

Mia Malan - 10 Aug 2021

Why should you wait for two weeks after a flu jab before getting vaccinated for Covid-19, and is it safe to get a shot if you have a weak immune system? We break it down.

Vaccine hesitancy is harmful

Philip Machanick - 10 Aug 2021

In a rebuttal to an opinion piece, Philip Machanick says while there is a distrust of Big Pharma and some medical bodies and research has been proven wrong, throwing out all of science and applying faulty arguments is not at all helpful

Understanding vaccine hesitancy is important, but it is vital that we go about it in the right way

Alastair McAlpine - 9 Aug 2021

Paediatrician Alastair McApline says that the reasoning Angelo Ryan uses to justify this position in an M&G opinion piece is ‘specious and flawed’

Covid: Masks, sanitisers the future norm

Marcia Zali - 7 Aug 2021

Even if herd immunity is finally reached in South Africa, non-pharmaceutical measures are necessary

Treatment Action Campaign demands Makhura fix Gauteng’s health system ‘mess’ now

Chris Gilili - 6 Aug 2021

The TAC wants the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, closed after a fire in April, to reopen fully as soon as possible, because other hospitals are overburdened.

Getting Covid-19 after being vaccinated can happen – but it’s rare. Here’s what we know so far

Aisha Abdool Karim - 4 Aug 2021

Vaccines help to reduce the spread of Covid-19, but they are not without shortcomings. Here’s what they can and can’t do

The 30-day rule: Why you have to wait for a vaccine if you’ve recently had Covid

Mia Malan & Mohale Moloi - 2 Aug 2021

Scientists know that people who have had Covid still benefit from getting vaccinated with at least one shot of the vaccine. But can you get vaccinated while you have Covid?

Africa partners with the US and Europe to reach vaccination goals

Charma du Plessis - 23 Jul 2021

Avat has secured a donation of several hundred million doses of Covid-19 drugs from the United States, 25-million of which will begin to be rolled out by the end of this week

Four lessons from 40 years of HIV: Why Covid doesn’t end with equitable vaccine access

Lynne Mofenson - 21 Jul 2021

Inequity in Covid vaccine access echoes mistakes from the HIV response. In the forty years since Aids was first identified, there have also been several lessons on how to contain a pandemic. Starting with equity and supporting health systems

Born before 1986? Here’s how to get a Covid vaccine without an appointment

Yolanda Mdzeke, Aisha Abdool Karim & Mohale Moloi - 19 Jul 2021

We look at who can get a Covid vaccine under phase two of South Africa’s national roll-out, what happens when you walk into a site and how the cost of shots are covered

Half of KZN patients have no chronic medication. Here’s how looting affected SA’s Covid-19 vaccine roll-out

Mia Malan - 16 Jul 2021

Vaccines were stolen and many urban vaccine sites had to close as Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal erupted into chaos this past week. The biggest loss however is not vaccines, but the chronic medicines that were looted leaving those with HIV, cancer and diabetes without their medication

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