Covid-19

We should not let people suffer and die alone in hospital

Restrictive hospital visitor policies don’t make sense anymore

An optimal vaccine strategy for middle-income countries

A mixture of Chinese-manufactured vaccines and mRNA booster may be the way to go

Ventilation is key to controlling Covid

We need a national project to improve the air we breathe in buildings and vehicles

Booster vaccines must be offered to older people immediately

The six month gap is too long. It should be reduced to four.

Researchers to regain access to vital vaccine data

Medical Research Council issues upbeat statement after meeting with health department

The paradox of infection and vaccination statistics

Does it seem like a lot of your vaccinated friends are infected with Covid? That doesn’t mean the vaccines aren’t working

New court case launched to stop Shell’s seismic survey on Wild Coast

Case due to be heard by same judge who ruled against activists last week

Vaccine rollout: the government has made three mistakes

As a result, we have at least 13 million unused vaccines

State researchers can’t access vaccination data - and that’s a huge problem

Health department has withdrawn access to EVDS data since October

Clothing union reports 74% Covid vaccination rate

Worker education key to high rate of vaccination

We have a new Covid variant. An epidemiologist explains what we should do

If we do lock down, we must time it properly for it to be effective

New Covid treatments might be slow to arrive in SA

Two new pills show promising results but there’s no certainty on their availability here

Treating Covid: What works? What doesn’t? And what might work?

A simple guide

Principals are drowning in the education department’s admin demands

“I live in perpetual fear of missing deadlines and other principals say the same”

Health activists call for patent law reform

Patents prevent equal access to life-saving medicines, protesters say

Church calls on religious organisations to support vaccination