DOCTORS’ ORDERS Scientists, academics and healthcare professionals prescribe ‘fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty’ for a healthier world 5 min 0 By Ethan van Diemen
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 1 – 5 AUGUST This week — Oxfam SA protest, World Breastfeeding Week and talk on ‘women in water’ 6 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
SPOTLIGHT IN-DEPTH New guidelines and medicines poised to boost TB prevention in SA 7 min 0 By Catherine Tomlinson for Spotlight
HEALTH MISINFORMATION WHO publishes new report on how digital marketing lures women to breast-milk substitutes 7 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
Spotlight How death is handled in health facilities: Can we do better? 6 min 0 By Ufrieda Ho for Spotlight
THE CONVERSATION: THE VARIANT Omicron is the new COVID kid on the block: five steps to avoid, ten to take immediately 5 min 21 By Shabir A Madhi
COVID-19 UPDATE Worrying variant of coronavirus, with many unknown mutations, driving resurgence of infections in Gauteng 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE US political vaccine gap widens; South Africa registers 3,699 new cases 7 min 0 By Bloomberg
Maverick Citizen Op-Ed Activists call on African health leaders to prioritise high-impact alcohol policy measures 3 min 0 By Tungamirai Zimonte and William Ntakuka
ROVING REPORTERS WHO in hot water as activists bare teeth over ‘harmful’ Covid ‘anti-shark pills’ video 4 min 0 By Nico Booysen and Natalie dos Santos
Op-ed Community Health Worker Day: Celebrating our frontline heroes 2 min 0 By Ofentse Mboweni Ofentse Mboweni
DAILY MAVERICK 168 US-Africa relations will not be Biden’s first port of call 5 min 1 By J Brooks Spector
GROUNDUP Brain-drain alert: UK accused of poaching health workers from poorer countries 3 min 3 By Rufaro Samanga
MAVERICK CITIZEN ‘There is no vaccine for poverty,’ says WHO’s Tedros as he appeals for an equitable Covid-19 response 4 min 0 By Shani Reddy
SPOTLIGHT X-rays and AI could transform TB detection in South Africa, but red tape might delay things 6 min 1 By Catherine Tomlinson for Spotlight
BUSINESS MAVERICK 168 ANALYSIS The rate of South African equine exports is plummeting and jobs in the industry are haemorrhaging 3 min 0 By Unknown Author
COVID-19 WHO looks at mink farm biosecurity globally after Danish coronavirus cases 2 min 0 By Reuters
SPOTLIGHT For most children with TB, treatment time can be cut by a third 4 min 0 By Amy Green for Spotlight
BUSINESS OF MEDICINE ‘People before patents’: Academics, researchers and teachers support SA call to scrap global Covid-19 medicine patents 5 min 1 By Christi Nortier
