Retired Constitutional Court justice Edwin Cameron, known for his gay rights and antiretroviral activism, told a webinar that “hard-core anti-vaxxers in South Africa...
April 7th, 2021Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has announced that Professor Koleka Mlisana will be Professor Salim Abdool Karim's successor and join Professor Marian Jacobs as the...
March 31st, 2021South Africa must expand the healthcare workforce that is able to meet the immediate demand for COVID-19 vaccinators, writes the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Velisha...
February 10th, 2021Professor Salim Abdool Karim has become a household name in the past year, writesUniversity World News. Celebrity status has two indicators: media interest in the...
The evidence on Ivermectin is flimsy and there is no compelling case for it to be used in the fight against COVID-19. The Times reports that this is according to the...
January 20th, 2021Fanned by despair and social media, there has been a massive movement, both locally and internationally, for the immediate repurposing of anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin...
South African epidemiologist and infectious diseases specialist Professor Salim Abdool Karim has warned against the administering of Ivermectin in the treatment of...
December 16th, 2020South Africa's Professor Salim Abdool Karim and the United States's Dr Anthony Fauci have jointly been awarded the 2020 John Maddox Prize for standing up for science...
The SA Medical Association and Médecins Sans Frontières have called on doctors to volunteer against an Eastern Cape COVID-19 surge, while the COVID-19 Ministerial...
October 27th, 2015
The University of KwaZulu-Natal's Professor Salim Abdool Karim is the latest recipient of the South African Medical Research Council's (SAMRC) Platinum Medal, a...
