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Don't Look Away: Fewer men face jail time for killing women
‘When we allow these cases to go unsolved and unpunished, we not only fail the victims, but also send a message that gender-based violence and femicide are tolerated. ’ - Professor Naeemah Abrahams of the SAMRC.
SAMRC and Thermo Fisher Scientific launch Centre of Excellence in molecular biology
The SAMRC and Thermo Fisher Scientific have partnered to create a Centre of Excellence in Pretoria, aimed at enhancing molecular biology education and training for graduates across Africa.
SAMRC reveals SA’s ‘devastating’ femicide crisis, call for action
A disturbing increase in intimate partner femicide and a decline in convictions was highlighted.
Study: HIV prevention injection has 100% success in Verulam
The twice-yearly injectable HIV-1 capsid inhibitor, lenacapavir, demonstrated 100% efficacy (the power to produce a desired result) for the investigational use of HIV prevention in cisgender women.
“Humbled and honoured”: UKZN Medical Student receives Top National Award
THE words of renowned epidemiologist and virologist Professor Salim Abdool Karim during a talk on campus had struck a chord with final year medical student Mohamed Hoosen Suleman, encouraging him to chart a course of his own in public medicine.
Destiny put doctors in the right place at the right time
A heavily pregnant mother who went into labour before her flight was fortunate to have been surrounded by medical professionals who helped deliver her baby at the airport.
Lucky mum helped to deliver baby at King Shaka airport
A pregnant woman was fortunate to be surrounded by a team of medical professionals aboard a flight from Durban to Cape Town, who helped deliver her baby.
SA professor elected as member of prestigious academy
Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim, South African infectious diseases epidemiologist was elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Cause of Baltimore bridge collision 'yet to be determined': Singapore ship managers
Authorities from the US and Singapore are still investigating the reason a container vessel crashed into a bridge in Baltimore, Maryland.
US surgeons transplant genetically modified pig kidney to live patient
In a world first, surgeons from Massachusetts General Hospital in the US successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a 62-year-old patient.
Gambian MPs advance bill lifting ban on female genital mutilation
Gambian authorities are planning to lift a controversial ban on female genital mutilation, which refers to the partial or total removal of the female external genitalia.
Abortion debates heat up in Europe following French move
Days after France announced that it enshrined the right to an abortion in its Constitution, Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron says he wants to write it into European Union's basic law as well.
Argentina President Milei tells school kids abortion is murder
Argentinian President Javier Milei told a group of high school students at a Catholic school in Buenos Aires that abortion amounts to murder.
Spain far left wants to enshrine abortion as constitutional right
Shortly after France announced it enshrined abortions into its Constitution, Spain’s far left wants to follow suit and implement a similar landmark legislation aimed at empowering women.
France enshrines abortion as constitutional right in world first
France has voted to introduce the right to an abortion in its Constitution, making them the first country to offer protection for pregnancy terminations in its laws.
German parliament votes to legalise recreational cannabis
German parliament voted to legalise the possession and controlled cultivation of cannabis starting in April, despite fierce objections from the opposition and medical associations.
S. Korean trainee doctors stop work to protest medical reforms
Patients in South Korea were turned away on Tuesday as hundreds of trainee doctors stopped working to protest against medical training reforms.
70-year-old Ugandan woman gives birth to twins
Safina Namukwaya, a 70-year-old woman from Uganda recently defied commonly held perceptions to give birth to twins at a fertility centre in the capital city of Kampala.
“It is men who have multiple sexual partners and do not test who spread HIV”
SAMRC gets multi million grant for HIV vaccine
“Disabled people will be left behind in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”- Disability activist
Very little protective laws for the disabled in SA was raised as one of many concerns from the disabled sector.
Medical personnel insist on HIV vaccine
South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) president and chief executive Professor Glenda Gray said they had a rich scientific portfolio in approaches but their scientific challenge was to put these different approaches into a coherent vaccine regimen.
A first for Africa: pathogen genomics platform to be available soon
Africa’s scientists and medical fraternity will have their own information sharing platform from July.
SA’s first Covid-19 self-testing kit launched
A Cape Town-based medical company has announced the launch of the country’s first Covid-19 antigen self-test with a companion mobile phone application, HealthPulse TestNow.
South Africa’s first Covid-19 antigen self-test is here
South Africa now has its first Covid-19 antigen self-test with companion mobile phone application.
Environment experts caution on new report lauding WC regions for less pollution in Africa
Generators an air pollution concern