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Donald Trump’s three-hour podcast with Joe Rogan stirred debate with repeated election fraud claims, tax proposals, and musings on life on Mars.
Kamituga, one of the localities hardest hit by the epidemic with around a thousand confirmed cases, will be one of the first to receive the doses, according to the provincial health authorities.
A small fraction of those doses could help curb what is now the biggest mpox outbreak on record in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries, disease experts say.
A first delivery of mpox vaccines is expected to arrive in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the coming days, the World Health Organization's chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday.
What really lurks behind Schreiber’s digitisation? Is it to safeguard national security, or to instil a system of Automated Oppression?
How much does it really cost to have and raise a baby in South Africa? We explore the expenses involved, from medical care to baby essentials, and provide key financial planning tips from two recent mums.
The Lockdown means the suspension of constitutional democracy and the Bill of Rights. The 2020 Lockdown turned this country into an open-air prison ruled by dictate, where ‘effective midnight tonight’ was Ramaphosa’s favourite despotic refrain!
The path forward requires concerted efforts from all stakeholders to ensure equitable access to vaccines and healthcare solutions across the continent.
Residents of Randburg, Cosmo City, and Zandspruit informal settlement in Joburg north have expressed concerns about the foul smell from uncollected waste due to the ongoing protest by Pikitup volunteers.
Residents of Randburg, Cosmo City, and Zandspruit informal settlement in Joburg north have expressed concerns about the foul smell from uncollected waste due to the ongoing protest by Pikitup volunteers.
The World Health Organization authorized a second malaria vaccine on Monday, a decision that could offer countries a cheaper and a more readily available option than the world’s first shot against the parasitic disease.
Vaccination of dogs and cats against rabies is compulsory in South Africa in accordance with the Animal Diseases Act, Act 35 of 1984.
A controversial British cardiologist who delivered a talk in the Western Cape legislature’s auditorium this week, has tongues wagging.
When the rollout for the Covid-19 vaccines took place, the Western Cape department of health and wellness knew it had to establish a way to bring about the essential vaccine to residents who could not travel to a vaccination site or clinic.
The World Health Organization said the pandemic was likely in a transition point that continued to need careful management.
A Czech farm has been ordered to cull 750 000 hens – 15% of the country’s total – as Europe struggles to contain its worst outbreak of bird flu ever, authorities said on Wednesday.
Malawi has delayed the opening of public schools in the southern African country's two major cities of Blantyre and Lilongwe, the health minister said Monday, to try to slow down a surge in cholera deaths.
The Western Cape department of health said it had picked up an increase in pertussis cases, commonly known as whooping cough, in the province.
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases has reported 13 more cases over the past week for the measles outbreak in Limpopo and Mpumalanga.
According to the NICD’s spokesperson, Sinenhlanhla Jimoh from September 1 to November 16, 57 measles cases were reported in Limpopo and Mpumalanga.
The National Institute for Communicable Disease (NICD) has detected a further four cases of measles in the Greater Sekhukhune District, bringing the total number of cases to seven.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has awarded the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) with an accolade for its vaccine regulation.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia celebrated the 92nd Saudi National Day on September 23, under the slogan “It’s our home”.
The Western Cape Health Department’s concern about new Covid-19 variants arising has seen it launch a new campaign whereby unvaccinated members of the public can now receive their jabs from the comfort of their own homes.
The SA Health Products Regulation Authority said it was recently informed of the second death as a result of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), which came after the person was injected with Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccine.