The number of people being vaccinated against COVID-19 in South Africa is on the rise after a bumpy start. But
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Three new Ebola cases confirmed in Congo, two in Guinea
FILE PHOTO: A Congolese health worker administers Ebola vaccine to a boy who had contact with an Ebola sufferer in
Spain to make quarantine obligatory for travellers from South Africa, Brazil
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain will make travellers from South Africa and Brazil go into quarantine for at least seven days
Sequence African genomes for Africa and the world: scientist
A $4.5 billion initiative to sequence the genomes of three million Africans would not only benefit a continent long neglected
Universal access to preventive drugs could reduce HIV incidence in sub-Saharan Africa
Universal HIV testing with linkage to treatment and prevention may be a promising approach to accelerate reductions in new infections
UK begins door-to-door testing of 80,000 people to halt South African variant
WOKING, England (Reuters) – Volunteers and police officers in several parts of England began knocking on people’s doors to hand
Virus cases soaring ‘exponentially’ in South Africa
South Africa, the country worst-hit by the coronavirus on the continent, has registered more than 10,000 daily cases as infections
Africa now free of wild poliovirus, but polio threat remains
Health authorities on Tuesday are expected to declare the African continent free of the wild poliovirus after decades of effort,
Pacemaker need in Africa outpacing resources
The need for pacemakers in Africa will rise as life expectancy and associated cardiovascular diseases increase; however, the pacing field,
Heart disease risk profiles differ widely among African-Americans, blacks from the Caribbean and Africa
African immigrants have significantly lower rates of risk factors for heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular diseases compared to blacks