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Healthcare

Over 10,000 rubella cases recorded: what you need to know now

23 Dec 2024

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Infectious Diseases

Cases of rubella spike countrywide while diphtheria hits Western Cape

Tamsin Metelerkamp 20 Dec 2024

Measles - it’s a serious illness

Infectious Diseases

Measles - it’s a serious illness

Issued by Bonitas 30 Apr 2024

Public Health

Health Department unveils plan to introduce new vaccines

16 Oct 2023

What you need to know about child vaccinations - Medshield

Paediatrics

What you need to know about child vaccinations - Medshield

Issued by Stone 22 May 2023

Vaccination is simply the best defence against Covid-19

Health & Safety

Vaccination is simply the best defence against Covid-19

Dr Elton Dorkin 6 Dec 2021

The Grand Hotel Taipei in Taiwan lights up rooms to mark five days with no new COVID-19 cases.

Covid-19

Is reaching zero Covid-19 possible?

Kingston Mills 22 Oct 2020

Children at window of a building in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. Children will be vulnerable if vaccinations are postponed. Photo by Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

Covid-19

Coronavirus risks forcing South Africa to make health trade-offs it can ill afford

Karen Hofman & Susan Goldstein 17 Apr 2020

Bill Chen at San Francisco International Airport after arriving on a flight from Shanghai. Chen said his temperature was screened at the Shanghai airport before he departed.
AP Photo/Terry Chea

Public Health

Airplanes spread diseases quickly - so maybe unvaccinated people shouldn't be allowed to fly

Christopher Robertson & Keith Joiner 4 Mar 2020

World Health Organisation

Infectious Diseases

More than 18-million Ugandan children to be immunised against measles, rubella and polio

15 Oct 2019

Many families in the DRC can’t routinely access preventive services. Shutterstock

Infectious Diseases

Outbreaks of measles: compounding challenges in the DRC

Matthew Ferrari 8 Oct 2019

Billion Photos/Shutterstock

Infectious Diseases

Measles epidemic: parents reluctant to vaccinate their children need to hear of the horrors of forgotten diseases

Sarah Pitt 2 Sep 2019

To protect us all, babies travelling overseas may need the measles shot at 6 months instead of 12

Travel

To protect us all, babies travelling overseas may need the measles shot at 6 months instead of 12

Nicholas Wood, Alexis Pillsbury and Jean Li-Kim-Moy 28 Jun 2019

Two women sell roadside refreshments in rural Kano in 2011. Shobana Shankar, CC BY-SA

Infectious Diseases

What the US could learn about vaccination from Nigeria

Shobana Shankar 7 Jun 2019

Measles virus. Design_Cells/Shutterstock

Infectious Diseases

Measles: should vaccinations be compulsory?

Tom Solomon 3 May 2019

Mozambique rescue mission after devastating Cyclone Idai, March 2019.

Social Media

Facebook uses big data to aid humanitarian efforts in Africa

10 Apr 2019

Measles cases spike globally due to gaps in vaccination coverage

Infectious Diseases

Measles cases spike globally due to gaps in vaccination coverage

24 Dec 2018

Photo: Shutterstock

Medtech

Cracking the cold chain challenge is key to making vaccines ubiquitous

16 Jul 2018

Photo: Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

Medical Research

Study: Vaccines prevent death and alleviate poverty

19 Feb 2018

WHO reports on measles/rubella elimination in Europe

Infectious Diseases

WHO reports on measles/rubella elimination in Europe

28 Sep 2017

Measles outbreak in KZN

Infectious Diseases

Measles outbreak in KZN

8 Sep 2017

New partnership to provide vaccines to SA

Pharmaceuticals

New partnership to provide vaccines to SA

13 Oct 2015

Visiting Brazil - stay healthy

Public Health

Visiting Brazil - stay healthy

27 May 2014

Immunisation: Keeping them safe

Public Health

Immunisation: Keeping them safe

Graham Anderson 4 Aug 2011

Childless HIV-positive couples given chance to realise the dream of safe conception

Medtech

Childless HIV-positive couples given chance to realise the dream of safe conception

13 Apr 2011

Noncommunicable diseases

Resurgence of mumps orchitis among teenage boys and young men

30 Mar 2010

Public Health

US court rejects connection between vaccine and autism

20 Feb 2009

Medical Research

Extensive review finds no relationship between vaccines and autism

2 Feb 2009

HIV/AIDS

Leading names in the HIV/AIDS vaccine world to attend Cape Town conference

Issued by South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative 9 Sep 2008

Infectious Diseases

National Immunisation Awareness Week

Issued by Magna Carta 4 Aug 2008

Infectious Diseases

How global warming can heat up infectious diseases in Africa

Dr Adrian Hadland, Issued by HIPPO Communications 16 Jun 2008

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

New data reveals impact of deadly human papillomavirus in Latin America, Caribbean

14 May 2008

Healthcare

SA eye specialists do free cataract operations during Eye Care Awareness Week from 8 to 12 October

Issued by Opthalmological Society of South Africa 2 Oct 2007