COVID-19 New Covid variant JN.1 now in South Africa but risk low, say health officials 3 min 2 By Estelle Ellis
PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE WHO seeks clarity on clusters of respiratory illnesses, pneumonia among children in northern China 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
Poetry Review Lest we forget – Covid-19 and the many different kinds of love it brought us 1 min 3 By Mark Heywood
CORONAVIRUS South Africans can finally test for Covid-19 at home with a self-test kit 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
SPOTLIGHT Viral variants — we unpack the mutation differences between HIV and Sars-CoV-2 10 min 0 By Elri Voigt
SPOTLIGHT Here's why SA will not be getting the new bivalent Sars-CoV-2 vaccines 7 min 0 By Adele Baleta
PANDEMIC UPDATE The 'incredibly transmissible' Kraken could take over as dominant Covid-19 strain in South Africa 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
PANDEMIC UPDATE No new lockdown restrictions or masks for South Africa after Covid-19 ‘Kraken’ subvariant detected 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
VIRUS TRACKERS Covid reinfection – Omicron subvariant increases your risk, study finds 3 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
ANALYSIS Fixing South Africa's imploding public health system – time to take over from the politicians 7 min 3 By Mark Heywood
SPOTLIGHT ANALYSIS Vaccine partnership with US government boosts prospects for SA production 8 min 0 By Catherine Tomlinson for Spotlight
SPOTLIGHT SA at forefront of long Covid research, with microclots offering vital clues 7 min 0 By Adele Baleta
CORONAVIRUS Covid infections causing 'tsunami' of health risks such as heart disease 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
SPOTLIGHT Can new Covid-19 vaccines keep up with the rapidly changing virus? 9 min 0 By Aisha Abdool Karim
SPOTLIGHT Tulio de Oliveira — Scientists in Africa should be recognised, not punished, for scientific discovery 6 min 0 By Biénne Huisman
SPOTLIGHT Covid-19 death risk in SA differed depending on hospital and socioeconomic status 7 min 0 By Adele Baleta
CORONAVIRUS Covid cases on the decline after short spike in Omicron infection rates - NICD 2 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
COVID PROBE CALL OP-ED A call for an independent inquiry into the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus 10 min 0 By Neil Harrison and Jeffrey Sachs
BHEKISISA CENTRE FOR HEALTH JOURNALISM What the latest Covid stats can tell us – and what they can’t 8 min 0 By Mia Malan and Joan van Dyk
CORONAVIRUS OP-ED Prior infection plus vaccination provides the strongest protection against Covid variants 6 min 0 By Sehaam Khan, Nisha Naicker and Refilwe Phaswana-Mafuya
