National Institute for Communicable Diseases

Tiger Brands may never know how listeria entered its plant

BusinessThembisile Dzonzi, Bloomberg | 2018-06-21 10:11:00

Tiger Brands may never know how a strain of bacteria linked by the government to the world’s deadliest outbreak of listeriosis entered its...

SA halts some meat imports from Brazil

BusinessLynley Donnelly | 2018-03-23 00:00:00

The department of agriculture, forestry and fisheries suspended meat imports from three Brazilian production facilities last week as a result of...

Why aren't government officials losing sleep over #Listeriosis and #LifeEsidimeni?

Bhekisisa NewsMia Malan | 2018-03-16 00:00:00

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Listeriosis: 'Platteland law firm' prepares to take on Tiger Brands

NationalTammy Petersen | 2018-03-15 11:13:00

A Cape Town granny, aged 73, will require costly special care for the rest of her life – all because she and her dog enjoyed snacking on...

Listeria outbreak over: Your polony is safe, now meet the scientists you can thank

Bhekisisa FeaturesJoan van Dyk | 2018-03-14 00:00:00

From its corner of the factory, the villain can see everything.

#Listeriosis: Six ways to keep calm and carry on

Bhekisisa NewsJoan van Dyk | 2018-03-06 00:00:00

At midnight on 4 March, scientists at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) finally found the...

Case closed: The #listeria outbreak was caused by Enterprise polony

Bhekisisa NewsJoan van Dyk, Mia Malan | 2018-03-04 00:00:00

On Monday, the health department will inform the public about which specific processed meats to throw away and how to discard them safely without...

SOS team on standby for Day Zero

NewsGovan Whittles | 2018-01-26 00:00:00

When Day Zero comes, a select group of people will gather at Cape Town’s Tygerberg Hospital, ready to respond to potential threats that could...

Listeria: Follow SA’s medical sleuths as they chase a killer in a race against time.

Bhekisisa FeaturesJoan van Dyk | 2018-01-29 00:00:00

A mechanical hum fills the small room where James Bond is working to track down a killer. His name is printed in black letters on the side of his...

Listeria outbreak: Why your back-to-school lunch box staples may be dangerous

Bhekisisa NewsJoan van Dyk | 2018-01-17 00:00:00

South Africa’s ongoing spate of listeria cases has claimed more than 60 lives in what the World Health Organisation (WHO) is now calling the...

Ebola flight risk fears ungrounded

Bhekisisa NewsJulia Belluz | 2014-10-24 00:00:00

Ever since Thomas Duncan, the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States, got on a plane in Monrovia and travelled to Dallas with the virus...

Jabs deplete vaccine budget but dramatically cut child mortality

Bhekisisa NewsAmy Green | 2013-05-10 09:14:23

Forty percent fewer South African children are being hospitalised for pneumonia and severe diarrhoeal disease than in 2009 due to the government's introduction of rotavirus and pneumococcal vaccines, according to Shabir Madhi, the executive director of the government's...

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