August 18, 2022
Africa: A Dog Has Caught Monkeypox From One of Its Owners, Highlighting Risk of the Virus Infecting Pets and Wild Animals
A dog in Paris has caught monkeypox from one of its owners, both of whom were infected with the virus, according to a scientific paper published on Aug. 10, 2022. This is the first… Read more »
Africa: We Studied How Covid Affects Mental Health and Brain Disorders - Here's What We Found
The occurrence of mental health conditions and neurological disorders among people recovering from COVID has been a concern since early in the pandemic. Several studies have shown… Read more »
Africa: Fake Research Can Be Harmful to Your Health - a New Study Offers a Tool for Rooting It Out
If you are suffering with chronic pain, diabetes, heart problems or any other condition, you want to be confident that your doctor will offer you an effective treatment. You… Read more »
August 16, 2022
Africa: Treating Monkeypox Like an STI May Help Control the Outbreak, but Stigma Is a Danger
The recent monkeypox global outbreak, now declared by the World Health Organization as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), is sadly yet another reason for… Read more »
August 18, 2022
Africa: Mosquito Species From Asia Poses Growing Risk to Africa's Anti-Malaria Efforts
The spread of the mosquito species Anopheles stephensi across Africa poses a significant problem to a continent already heavily burdened by malaria. Most - 90% - of the world's… Read more »
Africa: Mosquitoes - There's Malaria, Plus 5 Other Diseases They Pass On to Humans
Most people instantly associate mosquitoes with malaria. But these tiny flying insects can transmit a number of other diseases too. Read more »
August 17, 2022
Africa: Covid Vaccine - How the New 'Bivalent' Booster Will Target Omicron
The UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved a bivalent COVID booster vaccine, making it the first country in the world to do so. Read more »
Africa: When Covid-19 or Flu Viruses Kill, They Often Have an Accomplice - Bacterial Infections
The 1918 influenza pandemic resulted in the loss of over 3% of the world's population - at least 50 million people. But it wasn't the flu virus that caused the majority of these… Read more »
August 16, 2022
South Africa: People With Intellectual Disability Have a Right to Sexuality - but Their Families Have Concerns
Many South Africans living with intellectual disability don't have opportunities to be part of community life. They may lack the opportunity to learn, work or enjoy leisure… Read more »
South Africa: The Key to Treating TB May Be in a Common Carbohydrate. What We Know So Far
Curdlan is a popular carbohydrate in the food industry. Its name is derived from the word "curdle", and as it suggests, it's widely used as a thickener and stabiliser in everything… Read more »
August 15, 2022
Africa: The Rise of 'Dr. Google' - the Risks of Self-Diagnosis and Searching Symptoms Online
Virtual health care was adopted more widely during the COVID-19 pandemic, with many people accessing health-care providers remotely. However, easy and convenient access to… Read more »
South Africa: Legal Claims for Medical Mistakes Are On the Rise in South Africa - What's Behind the Trend
Medico-legal claims - claims based on medical negligence or malpractice - have skyrocketed in South Africa. Recent figures indicate a growth rate of 23% for medico-legal claims in… Read more »
August 14, 2022
Africa: The Covid Lab Leak Theory Is Dead. Here's How We Know the Virus Came From a Wuhan Market
My colleagues and I published the most detailed studies of the earliest events in the COVID-19 pandemic last month in the journal Science. Read more »
August 10, 2022
Africa: Cigarette Advertising Aggressively Targets Kids in Low - and Middle-Income Countries, a New Study Finds
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. Read more »
August 11, 2022
Africa: Enduring Colonialism Has Made It Harder to End the Covid-19 Pandemic
Rich countries are hoarding vaccine doses while poor countries become breeding grounds for new COVID-19 variants. Read more »
Africa: Monkeypox Vaccines - What's Available and Why They Aren't a Silver Bullet
In July 2022 the World Health Organization declared the recent current monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency. Since the start of the year thousands of cases have been… Read more »
Africa: Why Doesn't Monkeypox Have a New Name Yet?
As monkeypox vaccination programs roll out and health authorities release information about how to reduce the spread of the virus, progress on another aspect of the outbreak is… Read more »
South Africa: The Right to Food - Activism and Litigation Are Shifting the Dial in South Africa
Even before the pandemic and the recent global rise in food prices, millions of South Africans were hungry. In 2019, nearly 18% of households could not access enough nutritious… Read more »
August 10, 2022
Africa: Monkeypox Can Become Endemic - Here's How It Can Be Stopped in Its Tracks
Since May of this year, more than 26,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported worldwide - prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare it a public health emergency. Read more »
August 08, 2022
Africa: Why Am I So Tired and When Is It Time to See the Doctor About It? A GP Explains
Everyone feels tired sometimes. But how do you know whether your tiredness is a problem worth seeing a doctor about? And with all the mental and emotional strain we have been under… Read more »
Africa: Sex Work Is Real Work - Global Covid-19 Recovery Needs to Include Sex Workers
During the pandemic, business shifted from in person to work-from-home, which quickly became the new normal. However, it left many workers high and dry, especially those with less… Read more »
Africa: New Covid Variants Could Emerge From Animals or From People With Chronic Infections - but It's Not Cause for Panic
As the COVID pandemic rolls on, we're becoming all too familiar with the continued emergence of new variants. Some can thwart immunity from vaccines and prior infections,… Read more »
South Africa: Women Have Always Trailed Men in Research Output - How Covid Made the Situation Worse
The under-representation of women in research is well documented. Emerging evidence suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated this inequality and disrupted the research… Read more »
Africa: How Does Monkeypox Spread? An Epidemiologist Explains Why It Isn't an STI and What Counts As Close Contact
Monkeypox is caused by a virus that, despite periodic outbreaks, is not thought to spread easily from person to person and historically has not spurred long chains of transmission… Read more »
August 07, 2022
Africa: Ivermectin, Blood Washing, Ozone - How Long Covid Survivors Are Being Sold the Next Round of Miracle Cures
People with long COVID are going online to look for support. But these valuable discussion forums, chat groups and other online peer-support networks can also spread harmful… Read more »