Not only is there a once-daily pill that can control HIV infection with just 2 drugs and fewer side effects than the customary 3- or 4-drug regimens, but there may also...
August 8th, 2018SA’s Tobacco Bill has met with a barrage of criticism, among other things for proposing jail for smoking in public, outlawing designated smoking areas, trampling on...
Among 60 women presenting to routine antenatal clinics in Kampala, Uganda and Cape Town, South Africa with undiagnosed HIV in late pregnancy, viral load suppression was...
August 8th, 2018When South Africa introduced designated smoking areas in restaurants and bars there was vehement opposition from sections of the hospitality industry. But, writes...
Transorbital surgery is complex and dangerous with long recovery periods and high risk of complications. Now a team of South African surgeons have developed a surgical...
August 1st, 2018It is impossible to count the ways in which Professor Bongani Mayosi – a cardiologist‚ researcher‚ and dean of the health sciences faculty at the University of...
August 1st, 2018The suicide of Professor Bongani Mayosi – a cardiologist‚ researcher‚ and dean of health sciences at the University of Cape Town – has been attributed some to...
August 1st, 2018
The prosecution of HIV positive people for deliberately infecting or endangering others is often not supported by science, according to 20 top scientists including...
July 25th, 2018A ‘dangerous complacency’ in response to the global HIV pandemic is risking a resurgence of the disease, found theLancet Commission, led by the International AIDS...
July 25th, 2018
Almost four decades on and despite having benefited as favoured child of global health funding, the HIV/Aids epidemic is far from over, writes Professor ...
