Health

South Africa's investment in advancing nuclear medicine research to address critical health challenges, including various cancers and TB, has been boosted with the official opening of Nuclear Medic

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, will join Belgium’s Minister of Development Cooperation, Ms Meryame Kitir, on a high-level visit to Cape Town,

Scientists from the University of Cape Town, who spent two decades studying plant-made vaccines before shifting their focus to Covid-19 when the pandemic struck, have reported a successful, near-fu

Rooibos could be just the cup of tea to get people through the Covid-19 pandemic.

Cape Town based, specialist biotech company, Biovac, has been appointed to manufacture the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for distribution within the African Union, making it the first company in

The COVID-19 Pandemic has brought with it many challenges worldwide; one of which is the abundance of misinformation and incorrect public opinion about the virus and the vaccines.

The University of Pretoria’s (UP) drama students are taking science communication to the people by participating in an interactive play on the use of hand sanitisers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

South African-born pharmaceutical billionaire Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong has committed R3 billion to help South Africa produce vaccines against Covid-19 and other illnesses. 

Daily Maverick takes a look at the fascinating research and other initiatives in South Africa involving biopharmaceuticals.

The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), will pump R25 million towards the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP) as scientists grapple with the new Covid-19 varia