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Small Victories: Nearly 30 Years After Apartheid’s Demise, a Reporter Revisits Children’s Health in South Africa. KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA—By her country’s standards at the time, there was nothing too unusual about how Nosipho Mshengu arrived in the world. She was born on the side of the road on 20 September...

South Africa Is Struggling To Improve Kids’ Health Decades After Apartheid’s Demise. Nearly 30 years after apartheid’s demise, a reporter revisits children’s health in South Africa KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA—By her country’s standards at the time, there was nothing too unusual about...

Internationally-renowned Aids researcher Quarraisha Abdool Karim says she is humbled to be elected president of the World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries.

The renowned epidemiologist spoke about the status of the pandemic to TimesLIVE on Friday after the release of a new global study, which makes recommendations on how to end the public health threat without worsening socioeconomic burdens.

The series features candid discussions with food justice activists and academics and highlights the body of investigative work done on our food justice project. Access to food and water is a huge issue, especially with regards to children’s needs and rights to nutrition.

Our public health system is imploding. From some parts of the country, stories of hospital failure are so common they no longer evoke a public response. But that’s cold comfort for patients who die or suffer unnecessarily when the system fails them. What is to be done? It’s time health work...

High-risk patients saw no benefits from metformin, ivermectin, or fluvoxamine

The Department of Labour's research found that 52% of workplaces inspected were not in compliance with the government's occupational health and safety guidelines for Covid-19.

The Japanese government will award the prestigious fourth Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize to professors Salim Abdool Karim and his wife Quarraisha Abdool Karim for their rigorous work on HIV and Covid-19.

LONDON (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases rose in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe last week, while the number of deaths globally dropped by 16%, according to the World Health Organization's latest weekly pandemic report issued Wednesday.