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Why vaccinating your child matters
Vaccines work Vaccines are widely acknowledged to be the most successful medical advance ever. Vaccines continue to save hundreds of
Fungal disease awareness week 2020
Fungal diseases are often caused by fungi that are common in the environment. Most fungi are not dangerous, but some types can be harmful to
Living with COVID-19 is the new normal
Coronavirus in South Africa South Africans watched as the world grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic and in early March it
MIS-C is now a notifiable condition in South Africa
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been included to the Notifiable Medical Conditions
African Region declared free of wild poliovirus
On 25 August 2020, the African Region celebrated the declaration by the African Regional Certification Commission that Africa is free
Study explores SARS-CoV-2 transmission by asymptomatic people in rural and urban households in SA
How many people in one household contract SARS-CoV-2 and transmit it without having symptoms, and how does SARS-CoV-2 interact with
Latest COVID-19 reproductive number falls to just above 1
From stage 5 to stage 3 of lockdown, there has been a decline in the number of new cases, showing
COVID-19 re-infection: your questions answered
What is COVID-19 and how does one get infected? SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19 disease. The presence of
The Known, the Unknown and the Unknowable- Modelling Covid-19 between Scarce Data and the Need to Make Decisions
by Gesine Meyer-Rath, Sheetal Silal, Juliet Pulliam and Harry Moultrie A group of modellers recently put out a manifesto specifying
The COVID-19 crisis in South Africa: Protecting the vulnerable
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause a global health crisis. With over 12 million cases recorded worldwide, it is expected