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Infectious Diseases

SA monitors hantavirus case linked to suspected cruise ship outbreak

2 hours

Protect your circle: Get your flu vaccination now!

Public Health

Protect your circle: Get your flu vaccination now!

Issued by Medshield 30 Apr 2026

We won the war against these diseases, then we stopped showing up

Infectious Diseases

We won the war against these diseases, then we stopped showing up

Issued by Medshield 29 Apr 2026

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Circular Economy & Waste Management

Will global promises deliver local justice for Kya Sands?

Keith Elliott 21 Nov 2025

An Anopheles stephensi mosquito obtains a blood meal from a human host through its pointed proboscis in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters, 23 November 2015. Reuters/Jim Gathany/CDC/Handout via Reuters/File Photo

Malaria

Mystery disease identified as severe malaria - DRC health ministry

Yassin Kombi and Anait Miridzhanian 18 Dec 2024

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Paediatrics

RSV on the rise, hospitals urged to prepare for paediatric admissions

23 Mar 2023

Source: DynaMedex.

Public Health

SA measles outbreak of concern, NICD warns as case surge hits 80% worldwide

Katja Hamilton 13 Jan 2023

Senegal recyclers see more than trash in fuming dump site

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Senegal recyclers see more than trash in fuming dump site

Ngouda Dione 17 Jun 2022

Human, animal transmission

Covid-19

Human, animal transmission

Issued by University of Pretoria 7 Mar 2022

Green buildings can boost productivity, wellbeing and health of workers

Sustainable Development

Green buildings can boost productivity, wellbeing and health of workers

Md Sazan Rahman 3 Feb 2022

Transition to low-carbon emissions economy 'urgent' - President Ramaphosa

Climate Change

Transition to low-carbon emissions economy 'urgent' - President Ramaphosa

13 Oct 2021

The best hope of beating the pandemic is to vaccinate as many people as soon as possible. Luca Sola/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

Covid-19 herd immunity? It's not going to happen, so what next?

Shabir A Madhi 4 Aug 2021

Medical Research

South Africa is testing digital technology to detect outbreaks of respiratory diseases

Cheryl Cohen & Sibongile Walaza 5 Nov 2020

Recycling isn't enough - the world's plastic pollution crisis is only getting worse

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Recycling isn't enough - the world's plastic pollution crisis is only getting worse

Stephanie B. Borrelle 18 Sep 2020

Pure Zone: 'Stick on' hygiene that inhibits the development of bacteria and coronaviruses

Covid-19

Pure Zone: 'Stick on' hygiene that inhibits the development of bacteria and coronaviruses

Issued by Pure Clean Zone 23 Oct 2020

Tony Singleton, CEO, Turnberry Management Risk Solutions

Covid-19

What you need to know about medical cover during the Covid-19 pandemic

Tony Singleton 16 Jul 2020

Children aged 0-14 years are likely to be physically active outdoors when it’s warm. Hello World/Getty Images

Noncommunicable diseases

Air pollution, temperature and respiratory disease: a South African study

Bukola Olutola & Janine Wichmann 14 Jul 2020

St Augustine's Hospital

Covid-19

Findings from St Augustine's Covid-19 outbreak

21 May 2020

Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the Novel coronavirus. Image source: Getty/Gallo

Infectious Diseases

SA beefs up surveillance amid coronavirus outbreak

28 Jan 2020

Researchers examine materials collected from a Chinese woman to find the cause of her mysterious pneumonia symptoms, at Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, South Korea, 09 January 2020.

Infectious Diseases

Scientists still searching for causes of mysterious pneumonia outbreak in China

Ririn Ramadhany 24 Jan 2020

#WorldEnvironmentDay: How waste is impacting our air

Circular Economy & Waste Management

#WorldEnvironmentDay: How waste is impacting our air

5 Jun 2019

Plastic crisis: divert foreign aid to dumpsites in developing countries

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Plastic crisis: divert foreign aid to dumpsites in developing countries

Christine Cole 9 Apr 2018

Keeping the dreaded flu at bay

Healthcare

Keeping the dreaded flu at bay

11 May 2017

Caution urged following avian flu outbreak

Travel

Caution urged following avian flu outbreak

1 Feb 2017

Infectious Diseases

H7N9 vaccine may take months: US agency

12 Apr 2013

Travel

Long-haul travel boosts illness risk for athletes

15 Aug 2012

Hubbly bubbly not safer

Oncology

Hubbly bubbly not safer

13 Apr 2011

Public Health

Tips on how to stop the spread of flu germs

18 Jan 2011

Scientists suggest tips for healthy visit to beach

Public Health

Scientists suggest tips for healthy visit to beach

29 Jul 2010

Paediatrics

Uncontrolled maternal asthma during pregnancy increases likelihood of child developing asthma

6 Oct 2009