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.
Mpox is a global health emergency. Will it cause a lockdown like COVID? Experts say no
As mpox cases surge in Africa and a new strain spreads, the WHO has declared mpox a global health emergency. Here's what that ...
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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 hidden disease risks of modern housing developments in rural Africa
Tamika Lunn went to Kenya looking for bats. Her task, as a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of U of A biologist Kristian ...
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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 ...