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Breakthroughs in medicine: top virologist on the two most important...
There have been several important breakthroughs in medical science recently. Crispr, mRNA, next-generation cancer treatments and game-changing vaccines are some of them. Oyewale Tomori, a virologist...
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HIV-positive parents in Zimbabwe struggle to manage their children's...
Over the past three decades researchers have explored various aspects of the impact of the HIV pandemic. One focus area has been children who have lost their parents to AIDS. Less attention has been...
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Men say they are spending more time on household chores, and would like to do...
Women perform between three and seven times more caregiving tasks than men in the global south. These include household domestic work and largely focus on caring for children. Hopefully this is...
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Chad's first dengue fever outbreak: what you should know
Chad has reported its first dengue outbreak, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The country’s health ministry declared an outbreak on 15 August and so far 1,342 suspected cases have been...
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Diabetes is South Africa's second biggest killer disease: hiking the sugar...
Death rates in South Africa have declined slightly during the past few years. But the country faces a steady rise in both death and disability caused by increases in non-communicable diseases such as...
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Kids are exposed to violent war images: trauma expert sets out how you can...
In today’s screen-filled world, many children and teens have nearly continuous access to media. Estimates from the United States suggest that school-age children spend four to six hours per day...
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Bird flu could be eradicated by editing the genes of chickens - our study...
Recent advances in gene editing technology could potentially be used to create disease-resistant animals. This could curtail the spread of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu. In a recent gene...
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From fatal allergies to heart attacks and malaria – the devastating health...
The winds that whip the towns of the Eastern Cape in South Africa have the power to generate energy. But on a dry, hot day, those winds can gather up embers and dump them into tinder dry savannah and...
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Bad food choices: clearer labels aim to help South Africans pick healthier...
South Africans have a hard time figuring out which foods are unhealthy when they go shopping. But this is about to change.South African supermarkets currently sell large amounts of unhealthy,...
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Health risks at home: a study in six African countries shows how healthy...
Housing is a critical social determinant of health. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines healthy housing as a shelter that supports physical, mental and social wellbeing. The WHO has developed...
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Antimicrobial resistance is a silent killer that leads to 5 million deaths a...
Microbes such as bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi form part of our everyday lives – they live in us, on us and around us. We need them for healthy digestion, immune function, and the synthesis of...
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Antibiotic resistance causes more deaths than malaria and HIV/Aids combined....
Each year antimicrobial resistance– the ability of microbes to survive agents designed to kill them – claims more lives than malaria and HIV/Aids combined. Africa bears the brunt of this development,...
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Early births – between 34 and 37 weeks – for moms with pre-eclampsia can...
About half a million babies die each year as a result of pre-eclampsia, an aggressive and potentially life-threatening problem in pregnancy. Approximately 46,000 women also die each year due to the...
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Malaria: two groundbreaking vaccines have been developed, but access and...
The approval of two malaria vaccines – the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine in 2021 and the R21/Matrix-MTM vaccine in 2023 – will help control, and eventually help eradicate, a disease that causes more than 600,000...
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Patients' beliefs about illness matter: the case of elephantiasis in rural Ghana
Would you take medication for an illness you didn’t believe you had? Or if you disagreed with healthcare workers about the cause of your condition? This is the dilemma of many people who live in areas...
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South Africa leads the continent in offering more paternal leave to fathers....
A South African high court has ushered in a new era of parental leave with a landmark ruling that new parents can share four months of parental leave, previously available only to mothers.The case...
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Climate change risks triggering a spike in infectious disease outbreaks:...
Climate change is our planet’s most immediate existential threat, and will likely only worsen for the foreseeable future. Among its numerous adverse effects on human health, there is strong evidence...
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Hope brings happiness, builds grit and gives life meaning. Here's how to...
What is hope? In its simplest form, hope is about the future. There are three necessary elements to hope: having a desire or a wish for something that is valuable, and the belief that it is possible to...
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What sunscreen is best? A dermatologist offers advice on protecting your skin
Sunburn is a sign that skin has experienced significant levels of damage. Ultraviolet light can change a person’s DNA structure, which can lead to cancer. At the same time, choosing from the multitude...
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Stressed out? Why mindfulness and meditation help us cope with the world
In a world fraught with anxiety, stress, and environmental and humanitarian disasters, people are looking for ways to cope. Many have turned to practices originating in ancient eastern philosophies for...
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