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Covid-19

Leadership shakeup at Moderna ahead of major vaccine rollouts

Katja Hamilton 8 Nov 2024

Source: National Institute for Communicable Diseases.

Public Health

Mpox outbreak in Africa was neglected – it could now turn into the next global pandemic

21 Aug 2024

Healthcare

WHO declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency

15 Aug 2024

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

BioNTech gets $145m funding for African vaccine plants

Jennifer Rigby and Ludwig Burger 30 May 2024

Covid-19

Pharma giants set SA vaccine price tag at $734m, confidential contracts reveal

Katja Hamilton 5 Sep 2023

Covid-19

WHO closely monitors Covid variant amid mutation concerns

Katja Hamilton 15 Aug 2023

Covid-19

CDC orders discard of 12.5 million doses of J&J Covid-19 vaccine

19 May 2023

Public Health

Consortium sparks debate over intellectual property of mRNA vaccines manufactured in SA

Katja Hamilton 21 Apr 2023

Source: Supplied. The delegation of global Pfizer executives, and members of the US Consulate and the Trade, Industry and Competition are pictured here with Minister Ebrahim Patel.

Covid-19

Global president of Pfizer opens Cape's new Pfizer and Biovac facility

10 Mar 2023

Public Health

Green light for Cape Health Technology Park

28 Feb 2023

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

BioNTech starts human trial to test malaria vaccine

28 Dec 2022

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Emergency Medicine

BioNTech ready to ship first mRNA vaccine factory kit to Africa

22 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters. Packages of Bio Farma's Covid-19 vaccine are seen at Command Center and Vaccine Distribution Management System of Bio Farma in Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia.

Covid-19

Indonesia in talks with African countries to export its homemade Covid shot

10 Oct 2022

Covid-19

Moderna sues Pfizer

30 Aug 2022

Claimed pioneer of mRNA technology files patent infringement lawsuit against BioNTech

Covid-19

Claimed pioneer of mRNA technology files patent infringement lawsuit against BioNTech

20 Jul 2022

Source: BioNTech.

Covid-19

Pfizer and BioNTech announce FDA approval of their Covid-19 vaccine for young teens

13 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied: Petro Terblanche, managing director of Afrigen,

Medical Research

#AfricaMonth: Injecting the continent - and the world - with hope

Katja Hamilton 20 May 2022

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Covid-19

Moderna to seek emergency authorisation for Covid shot for children younger than six

23 Mar 2022

Covid-19

World first as SA lab makes mRNA Covid vaccine using Moderna data

18 Feb 2022

Source: Supplied.

Covid-19

SA regulator approves Covid-19 vaccine from China

7 Feb 2022

Public Health

Pfizer and BioNTech pressed to release vaccine for under 5s, despite mixed trial results

2 Feb 2022

Covid-19

Probe into Covid-19 booster jabs for SA babies and toddlers

Katja Hamilton 13 Dec 2021

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Covid-19

New vaccine tailored to Omicron can be ready in 100 days

28 Nov 2021

Bridging the Covid-19 vaccine gap

Covid-19

Bridging the Covid-19 vaccine gap

15 Sep 2021

Covid-19

Facing backlash, EU says import of J&J vaccines from South Africa is temporary

20 Aug 2021

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Media

Vaccine denialism kills: Mail & Guardian has let down its readers

Nathan Geffen and Mia Malan 10 Aug 2021

Covid-19

Biovac to manufacture Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for Africa

21 Jul 2021

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Covid-19

Covid-19 vaccine plant in Africa? This is what it would take to build one

23 Jun 2021

World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks as he attends the World Health Assembly (WHA) amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Geneva, Switzerland, 24 May 2021. Christopher Black/World Health Organisation/Handout via Reuters

Pharmaceuticals

WHO setting up hub to make Covid-19 vaccines in South Africa - Tedros

22 Jun 2021

Could a simple pill beat Covid-19? Pfizer is giving it a go

Covid-19

Could a simple pill beat Covid-19? Pfizer is giving it a go

Peter Wark 1 Jun 2021

Beware of Covid-19 vaccine scams

Internet

Beware of Covid-19 vaccine scams

21 May 2021

Solar energy is an invaluable resource in rural areas like this facility in Gambia. Gavi/2018/Guido Dingemans

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Solar technologies can speed up vaccine rollout in Africa. Here's how

Cyrus Sinai & Rob Fetter 23 Mar 2021

Sahpra approves Section 21 use of Pfizer vaccine

Covid-19

Sahpra approves Section 21 use of Pfizer vaccine

17 Mar 2021

Dr Cyprian Ngong, a staff member of National Hospital, Abuja, receives Covid-19 vaccine. Adam Abu-basha/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Covid-19

Nigeria at sixes and sevens on Covid-19 vaccine rollout

Solomon Bakarey 15 Mar 2021

Kenya’s health minister Mutahi Kagwe next to the country’s first batch of Covid-19 vaccines at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. EPA-EFE/Daniel Irungu

Covid-19

The ins and outs of Kenya's Covid-19 vaccine rollout plan

Catherine Kyobutungi 8 Mar 2021

Winning the future

Marketing

Winning the future

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The past, the present and the yet-to-come

Advertising

The past, the present and the yet-to-come

Issued by Dentsu 18 Feb 2021

Covid-19

How the coronavirus mutates and what this means for the future of Covid-19

Ed Rybicki, Anna-Lise Williamson, Don Cowan & Stephanie G Burton 17 Feb 2021

Many countries around the world, like Bangladesh, have started Covid-19 vaccination. Kazi Salahuddin Razu/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Covid-19

South Africa didn't take advantage of its role in Covid-19 vaccine trials: why it should have

Keymanthri Moodley & Theresa Rossouw 10 Feb 2021

Distribution

Safeguard procurement, distribution and administration of vaccines against corruption

2 Feb 2021

A healthcare worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. Nick Potts/PA Images via Getty Images

Covid-19

Some key questions answered on Covid-19 vaccines for African countries

Ina Skosana & Ozayr Patel 19 Jan 2021

A market place in Ghana’s capital Accra. Developing countries like Ghana risk being left behind in the race to secure Covid-19 vaccines. Christian Thompson/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Covid-19

Dummy's guide to how trade rules affect access to Covid-19 vaccines

Caroline Southey 11 Jan 2021

Vaccine rollout: Here is where South Africa stands

Public Health

Vaccine rollout: Here is where South Africa stands

James Stent 22 Dec 2020

Covid-19

Covid-19 vaccine trials in Africa: what's promising, and what's problematic

Benjamin Kagina 2 Dec 2020

To suppress the Covid-19 pandemic, tens of millions of South Africans would have to be vaccinated. Nothing at that scale has been done here before. Photo: Armin Kübelbeck (CC-BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons)

Covid-19

Vaccinating tens of millions of people will be very difficult

James Stent & Nathan Geffen 27 Nov 2020

Why the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine is now a global game changer

Covid-19

Why the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine is now a global game changer

Michael Head 24 Nov 2020

Path to regulatory approval of the Covid-19 vaccine in SA

Medical Law

Path to regulatory approval of the Covid-19 vaccine in SA

Zareenah Rasool, Rui Lopes and Darryl Bernstein 11 Nov 2020