Africa: Long Covid Appears to Be Driven By 'Long Infection'. Here's What the Science Says
Analysis - Around 5-10% of people with COVID infections go on to experience long COVID, with symptoms lasting three months or more.
El País in English1d
Sikhulile Moyo, virologist: ‘With mpox, I’m concerned about the selfishness of some countries. It seems that we haven’t learned’
The Zimbabwean expert based in Botswana heads the laboratory that sequenced the omicron variant of the coronavirus. A leading ...
How Kennedy Has Worked Abroad to Weaken Global Public Health Policy
The health secretary pick and his organization have worked around the world to undermine longstanding policies on measles, ...
The World Is Watching the U.S. Deal With Bird Flu, and It’s Scary
As a virus scientist in South Africa, I’ve been watching with dread as H5N1 bird flu spreads among animals in the United ...
The Economist10d
Don’t expect the men with guns to give up power in Africa
In 2025 several African coup leaders are due either to hand their power over to civilians or prepare to do so. The signs, ...
Miningreview4d
South Africa’s untapped mining opportunity
The mining sector in South Africa has long been constrained by policy uncertainty, strained labour relations, and a crumbling ...
BBC11mon
Covid: South Africa halts AstraZeneca vaccine rollout over new variant
South Africa has put its rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on hold after a study showed "disappointing" results against its new Covid variant. Scientists say the variant accounts for 90% ...