The scientists discovered that for all people, irrespective of age, brains aged almost six months more than they should have done during the pandemic. They also looked at the impact of the pandemic on ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an urgent global alert over the rising threat of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne viral disease that is rapidly spreading across several continents and ...

One issue that holidaymakers may face is the presence of stray dogs. High rates of pet abandonment, especially during holiday ...

Although the feared summer wave has failed to materialise so far, experts say it does not mean we are "out of the woods" ...

In June 2025, just 4 out of 23 environmental samples (17 per cent) across the province tested positive for poliovirus. In the ...

A new respiratory syncytial virus vaccine to protect infants from severe illness is available in South Africa’s private sector, but not yet in public clinics. The country’s advisory group on ...

(WHO) on Tuesday issued an urgent call for action  to prevent a repeat of an epidemic of the mosquito-borne chikungunya ...

The World Health Organization issued an urgent call for action on Tuesday to prevent a repeat of an epidemic of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus that swept ...

Chikungunya, for which there is no specific treatment and which is spread primarily by Aedes mosquito species, including the ...