Progressive Health Forum recommends South Africans to get Covid booster vaccines ahead of the winter season, especially people over 50 years.

Health Minister Joe Phaahla says South Africa still has 25 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines and encourages people to get booster shots.

In the western world, there has been a significant increase in oropharyngeal cancer, which is caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).

Recent developments in South Africa have highlighted the opportunities and challenges facing vaccine production on the African continent.

Africa’s first mRNA vaccine hub was ceremonially launched, with UN’s global health chief hailing it as a historic shift to help poor countries.

Tetanus, a rare but potentially fatal disease, has recently claimed the life of a woman in her 80s in New South Wales, Australia.

RSV vaccine given to pregnant women can reduce the risk of severe lower respiratory tract infections in newborns by 82%.

One would think the DA leaders would be proud of, is being undermined by several of the party’s top people.

Adequate funding is required to fight childhood TB – the global targets set in 2018 aimed to treat 40 million people with TB disease.

Measles is highly contagious and is caused by a virus that mainly spreads through infectious airborne respiratory droplets.

Mistrust and hesitancy of COVID-19 vaccine on South Africans resulted in the country recording only 35% fully vaccinated.

The EU said Tuesday it is prepared to send Covid vaccines to China as it grapples with a surge in coronavirus infections after lifting its “zero-Covid” policy.

Development of malaria vaccines has proved to be far more challenging than developing a vaccine to protect people from COVID-19.

A shortage of cholera vaccines has forced WHO to make a temporary shift to a one-dose strategy from the usual two.

The 14-year-old girl says the school threatened to not allow her back after her mom refused to give permission for her to receive the vaccine

A lot of blame on the spread of monkeypox has been placed on LGBTQ community, growing anger and unconfortability among gay men

University of the Free State announced that they are dropping their mandatory vaccination policy at the university.

At the epicentre of the US monkeypox outbreak, people wait in line to receive the Monkeypox vaccine as the demand exceeds supply

Kgomotso Tshatshu was retrenched a year ago for not getting the COVID-19 vaccine, she has since won a case against her former employer.

Moderna has decided to continue making the vaccine itself, a sign that they are not looking to license third party manufacturers soon.

The City of Tshwane has urged parents to vaccinate their children after four cases of measles were detected and three were from the Metro.

WHO said this year Iraq has already recorded 19 deaths among 111 CCHF cases in humans suffering from nose-bleed fever

US President Joe Biden on his maiden trip to Asia said people should be on guard against Monkeypox which has potential ‘consequential’ impact

WHO authorised a new Covid-19 vaccine ‘Convidecia’ by a Chinese manufacturer CanSinoBIO as the country battles resurgence of Omicron variant

The SA government is trying to encourage the youth to get vaccinated by creating an interactive online competition.