Several journalists have asked us about the South African variant of SARS-CoV-2, so here are some comments from scientists. Dr Julian W Tang, Honorary Associate Professor/Clinical Virologist at the
By Claire Whitaker and Nobhongo Gxolo The HIATUS study, a research programme being launched by the Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa (CIDRI-Africa) at the University of Cape
The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Programme has recognised two female Wits scientists for their groundbreaking research. Dr Simone Richardson and Kimberleigh Tommy are among six exceptional young women scientists awarded
By Michelle Galloway Stellenbosch University is the leader in a novel research project that could assist frontline workers in determining which patients being treated for Covid-19 are at
By Nobhongo Gxolo Professor Heather Zar, the chair of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health and the director of the South African Medical Research Council Unit on Child and
By Helen Swingler COVID-19 has highlighted the need for a multi-faceted national plan for physical activity to underpin the country’s health development. Some of the diseases that increase
By Wilma Stassen In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, doctors at Tygerberg Hospital implemented a daring, lesser-known treatment that not only bypassed the imminent ventilator shortage caused
Wits University has resumed vaccinating in the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine trial currently also underway in the UK, Brazil and the U.S. The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority
More women (56%) than men are testing positive for COVID-19 in Gauteng. This August 2020 Map of the Month of the Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO) sis presented as a story
Wits postgraduate students in Medical Anthropology share the effects of living under lockdown amidst the global Covid-19 pandemic. The students co-authored How a pandemic shapes the city: Ethnographic voices
