Epidemic
latest news & developments
Painkiller: Big Pharma and the opioid epidemic
The sales team for Purdue Pharma worked relentlessly to persuade doctors to prescribe OxyContin for pain relief
Downward trend in deaths due to bird flu in the Western Cape
More than 18 000 birds have died to date, the majority of them being the wild Cape cormorant seabirds on Dyer Island
West Africa readies for Ebola battle
Guinea is fighting the virus with a vaccine used in the DRC, while their neighbours Sierra Leone and Liberia increase border surveillance
Ramaphosa — ‘We are still near the beginning of this epidemic’
President’s address covered the twin pandemics of Covid-19 and the murder and rape of women ‘who were killed by men’
Will the coronavirus cause a major growth slowdown in China?
The panic generated by the new coronavirus, 2019-nCov, which originated in Wuhan, one of China’s largest cities and a major domestic transport hub, reminds many of the fear and…
#AIDS2016: SA pays its HIV bill but faces budget gap for expanded treatment
Research predicts a substantial shortfall in HIV funding in the next five years as the country looks to put millions more people on treatment.
Seek wisdom in the history of epidemics
Those who forget past social and other patterns of illness and stigma are doomed to repeat them.