Larger gatherings are now allowed, together with a shorter curfew and longer alcohol sale times
Children from the age of six months to 17 years will take part in vaccine trials
The past seven days show an 18.2% increase in new infections, compared with the previous week, says health minister
People aged 35 and over without a medical scheme can benefit from free walk-ins at easy to reach private-sector pharmacies
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…
The global economy will expand by 6% this year but the economic gap between nations is widening.
Pfizer will deliver 1.5-million doses on Sunday and a further 5.6-million doses by Wednesday and 1.4-million J&J vaccines will arrive by Monday
Acting health minister Mmamoloko Kubayi says 120 private pharmacies were destroyed and 47 500 vaccines lost in KwaZulu-Natal
The health department has issued new guidance on how South Africa’s Covid-19 vaccination sites should handle ‘walk-ins’.
In this first in a series, Elize Parker, 61, tells of her hopes of joining a queue to get vaccinated soon
With about 1.5-million infections and 54 000 deaths, Covid-19 is still very much part of our lives as the state works to boost vaccinations
The department of health briefed parliament on South Africa’s readiness for a possible third Covid-19 wave, as members’ expressed concerns in light of India’s surge in…
Setting up a continent-wide medicine regulator could be crucial to getting Africa’s people the treatments and Covid vaccines they need. Here’s why more countries need to put…
The South African Reserve Bank cautioned that if it was not for load-shedding, the country’s economy could have been stronger
The department of health and experts briefed the media on Sunday, after a study showed the vaccine is not highly effective against the new variant
The pandemic has helped to expose the dire state of Sudan’s healthcare system, which lacks both equipment and medical personnel
A new survey reveals that most people know little about science and this negatively affects preventative medicine
Under the new rules, anyone who has not received the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine or does not have evidence of immunity risks a fine of $1 000
How do you outrun a lie when science shows misinformation spreads faster than fact?
Turns out it takes a village to raise a child but also to protect them.
