The US president’s cutting of financial support has cut life-saving treatment for many in SA
A federal judge has enforced a temporary restraining order blocking Donald Trump from freezing federal grants
Such programmes still qualify for a limited waiver, which will expire towards the end of April, but only for approved activities
The health department said it is investigating the local transmission of the disease after the infected patients were found to have no travel history
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
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…
Paediatrician Alastair McApline says that the reasoning Angelo Ryan uses to justify this position in an M&G opinion piece is ‘specious and flawed’
Vaccines save lives. But why don’t we want to hear why people do not want to get the Covid-19 vaccine? It is important we get the right messaging across for us to achieve herd…
Scientists have confirmed that the virus causes microcephaly.
Federal money left over from the fight against Ebola will now go to combating the growing threat of the Zika virus, the Obama administration has said.
Public-private partnerships play a crucial role in strengthening the healthcare systems in resource-deprived regions of Africa.
A laboratory technologist or technician makes a significant contribution to the patient in a hospital.
GeneXpert MTB/RIF test provides hope for clinicians and laboratory workers trying to manage TB.
Barry Schoub received the ASLM Lifetime Achievement Award
Strengthening the health systems of African countries in the sub-Saharan region, will help move beyond the tipping point in their epidemics.
Without quality laboratories, there cannot be accurate clinical testing or reliable results.
African governments are committed in improving public health systems.
In a rare public-health success story on the world’s most beleaguered continent, Africa has slashed deaths from measles by 91% since 2000 thanks to an immunisation drive.…
