Child living with HIV maintains remission without drugs since 2008
A nine-year-old South African child who was diagnosed with HIV infection at one month of…
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African experts review Draft Treaty to establish AMA in 2018
The goal to establish the African Medicines Agency (AMA) in 2018 as a Specialised Agency…
Link between malaria resistance and breast cancer spread, study suggests
Scientists in South Africa have found a link between a particular type of malaria resistance…
Evidence of plague found in rat in Tembisa rubbish dump
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) says it is taking measures to prevent the…
No need to panic over Zika virus, says health department
The Department of Health on Saturday (20 February 2016) said there was no need to…
Gauteng Health confirms four typhoid cases
The Gauteng Health Department on Sunday confirmed that four cases of typhoid fever have been…
L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Sub-Saharan Africa 2015 programme honours Africa’s female scientists
Science knows no boundaries, and that includes gender as well as age. African women have…
South African AIDS group says treatment stalling
In t-shirts boldly declaring ‘HIV Positive’, members of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) marked the…
Planning ahead for Africa’s baby boom
UNICEF are predicting a large increase in the number of births in Africa, and by…