People use social media posts to sell Ivermectin on the black market
/ 9 July 2021

People use social media posts to sell Ivermectin on the black market

Selling medication without a license to prescribe or dispense it is illegal, and can lead to a hefty fine or imprisonment

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Q&A Sessions: ‘I should have fought harder for SA vaccine’ — Salim Abdool Karim
/ 12 January 2021

Q&A Sessions: ‘I should have fought harder for SA vaccine’ — Salim Abdool Karim

Professor Salim Abdool Karim talks to Nicolene de Wee about his responsibility as head of the ministerial advisory committee tasked with guiding the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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The coronavirus is a disease of Chinese autocracy
/ 3 February 2020

The coronavirus is a disease of Chinese autocracy

An outbreak of a new coronavirus that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan has already infected over 4000 people – mostly in China, but also in several other countries, from Thailand to France to the United States – and killed more than 100. Given China’s history of disease outbreaks – including of severe acute respiratory syndrome […]

The art of medicine dissected
/ 6 September 2013

The art of medicine dissected

A new set of initiatives in South Africa plans to situate the field of arts-in-medicine and the "medical humanities" within an academic context.