A team led by scientists in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has identified nine potential new COVID-19 treatments, including three that...Infectious Diseases
A blood biomarker of tuberculosis discriminated between people at high risk for tuberculosis and those who remained healthy, but an effective preventive therapy for...
November 18th, 2020Testing for malaria and other infectious diseases could become as simple as putting on a microneedle patch that does not require extracting blood, using a Rice...
October 14th, 2020The BCG vaccine might result in less severe COVID-19 and more rapid recovery, writes World Health Organisation Director General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus. But it is 'very...
Dr Glenda Gray, president and CEO of the South African Medical Research Council (MRC), has confirmed that a Johnson & Johnson product called Ad26.COV2-S and a...News Release
As cases of COVID-19 continue to escalate, those assisting communities continue to forge ahead. As they work tirelessly to continue to support, feed and protect...
April 29th, 2020
In the worldwide race for a vaccine to stop the coronavirus, sprinting fastest isOxford University, with of their new coronavirus vaccine involving more than 6,000...
South Africa has taken part in the launch of the World Health Organisation’s initiative, which will see international collaboration aimed at accelerating the...Breaking News
With coronavirus deaths now exceeding 1,100 and the World Health Organisation — not an organisation inclined to hyperbole — saying that it is a threat potentially...Weekly Roundup
The establishment of a new medical diagnostic facility at Groote Schuur Hospital is set to drastically improve the study and treatment of tuberculosis. According to an...
