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COVID-19: At the Frontline – The German Experience
Now engulfed in a second COVID-19 wave, the pandemic in Germany is ahead of Africa and the country has been praised for a low...
The imperative for historical perspective over COVID-19
“Study the past, if you would divine the future,” Confucius said. In the fifth PPS Webinar, to be held next Tuesday 25 August, leading University of Cape Town medical...
COVID-19 models – Fatally flawed?
In the fourth of the highly successful PPS Webinar series on COVID-19, Professor Robin Wood of the Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine...
COVID-19 transmission – The global misuse of data
Decisions on COVID-19 made by governments and the World Health Organization may literally be life-or-death and yet political leaders have made avoidable errors and misused ‘scientific data’, respected medical...
COVID-19 transmission — An absence of data
Professor Robin Wood is conducting internationally ground-breaking research into infectious disease transmission at the Aerobiology and TB Research Unit, University of Cape Town, an...
Fast and dangerous — The road to a COVID-19 vaccine
There is a great deal to worry about in the race for a COVID-19 vaccine, said leading medical scientist Professor Robin Wood. Challenges include...
COVID focus must stress prevention and good, early treatment
Professor Robin Wood, one of South Africa’s eminent medical scientists, says that while Western medicine tends to focus on the sickest patients, to make a...
Top American scientist in webinar on COVID-19 vaccine development
Best case scenarios for COVID-19 include the development of a vaccine. This week, medical professionals can tap into the knowledge of top United States...
PPS webinar with UCT Professor Robin Wood – COVID-19 prevention and treatment
It has become impossible to keep up with the unprecedented volume of research that has followed COVID-19. But interpreting new knowledge is all in...
Leading virologist warns that C-19 vaccine not likely soon
Professor Peter Piot, Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and one of the world's leading virologists, says the much-anticipated prospect...
Renowned microbiologist and co-discoverer of Ebola for our webinar
Professor Peter Piot, Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, will next week join our webinar series in which local practitioners can interact...