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Superbugs are a big public health issue. So is climate change. Put the two together and the problem becomes even bigger. (Dylan Bush)
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Superbugs plus climate change equals double trouble. Here’s why

As the Earth becomes hotter, we’re seeing more floods and droughts. Flooding can make superbugs spread faster and further. And heat helps germs adapt faster

Prof Mike Sathekge with the Nuclear Medicine Research Infrastructure (NuMeRI) team.

The medical masters

NuMeRI’s groundbreaking facility reshapes medical research and patient care

Trials and tribulations: A technician tests Covid-19 antibody neutralisation at the African Health Research Institute in Durban. Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg/Getty Images

‘The Lancet’ journal rejects papers that don’t acknowledge African researchers

Africa needs equitable collaborations between researchers from the continent and those from outside the continent

Protection: The decision to give people who have already been fully vaccinated a booster shot should be based on evidence and consider the risks and benefits for society.  (Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty Images)

Covid-19: No vaccine booster shots needed yet

Scientists agree it is important to get most of the population vaccinated before giving booster jabs

A health worker prepares a dose of Sputnik-V vaccine against Covid-19, at the Higher University of San Andrés (UMSA), in La Paz, on August 11, 2021. (Photo by JORGE BERNAL / AFP)

How not to run a vaccine clinical trial – The Sputnik case study

Russia’s COVID vaccine, Sputnik V, is plagued by a series of red flags and question marks surrounding its clinical trials and results. Here’s how the jab took a shortcut and…

Four lessons from 40 years of HIV: Why Covid doesn’t end with equitable vaccine access

Inequity in Covid vaccine access echoes mistakes from the HIV response. In the forty years since Aids was first identified, there have also been several lessons on how to contain…

There is limited data on the Delta variant in SA, but vaccines remain effective

The Covid-19 J&J and Pfizer vaccines remain effective in protecting against severe sickness and hospitalisation

Former Health MEC ?Qedani Mahlangu’s election into the Provincial Executive Committee has been called out for dishonouring the memories of those who have passed in the Life Esidimeni tragedy. (Felix Dlangamandla, Gallo)

People are still being shackled and tortured for living with this disease

The Life Esidimeni tragedy makes headlines again in a new global report.

[FROM OUR ARCHIVES] Anti-vaxxers alive in South Africa; risking children’s lives

Western anti-immunisation movements have taken root in local communities resulting in some parents refusing to vaccinate their children.

Charges in sub-Saharan Africa average 12% on transfers of $200

Health financing crisis threatens developing countries, experts say

Researchers predict that in 2040, low-income countries will spend just $0.03 on healthcare for every dollar that high-income countries spend.

The cries SA can’t ignore

Childcarers and educators say the same thing: early neglect of children is catastophic for later learning.

ME study reveals benefits of exercise

But some patient groups denounced the trial in its entirety.

Medical journal retracts autism paper 12 years on

The <i>Lancet</i> has formally retracted a paper that caused an international battle over links between childhood vaccine MMR and autism.