Infectious Diseases

The memory of the Covid-19 shock shapes how governments and publics react to any new outbreak with even a hint of international spread

Health officials are monitoring possible exposures in Gauteng after passengers linked to a deadly cruise ship outbreak passed through South Africa, with one patient in critical…

A new COP30 report finds that rising temperatures, extreme weather, evolving pathogens and climate-driven migration are reshaping disease patterns

How extreme weather events are amplifying disease risks across the globe

In December, the Global Fund and the US President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief committed to funding the roll-out of lenacapavir in countries they support

Climate change is a risk to public health that demands immediate action

Stigmatising the marginalised is driven by vested interests, both in the case of African foreign nationals subject to xenophobia and South Africans facing economic doom

Health professionals have called on leaders at COP26 to prioritise changing food systems to reduce their effect on the climate, as well as to prevent deaths

President Cyril Ramaphosa welcomed the investment, noting that it ‘is a leapfrog to cutting edge technology’

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

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…

As the pandemic’s second wave spreads through the country, the number of excess deaths increases too

Any of 850 000 viruses could cause the next global crisis. Experts say we should focus on prevention

It is imperative that we train healthcare workers and participate in continent-wide collaboration

The latest on the spread of covid-19, how it is affecting the world, and what efforts are being made to prevent the spread of the virus