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26 Feb

Two more J&J trials underway to test vaccine in pregnant women and adolescents, and two-dose effect

Researchers are now looking to test how well the J&J vaccine works when administered as a two-dose regimen. It will also be tested on adolescents and pregnant women.

Covid-19 immunity: New coronavirus variant increases risk of reinfection, says local expert

26 Feb

Two-dose vaccines: Study suggests those who've had Covid-19 may only need a single jab

26 Feb 2021

Coronavirus variants update: One has spread to over 90 countries, two on WHO watchlist

26 Feb

What is a nutritionally balanced diet and how do you achieve it?

26 Feb

More than 87 000 papers about coronavirus published since onset of pandemic

26 Feb

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Low-quality maternal diet during pregnancy may be linked with late-childhood obesity

26 Feb

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25 Feb

A woman died not long after getting Covid-19 from transplanted lungs

25 Feb 2021

EXPLAINER: How we know vaccines are safe and effective

02 Feb

Are Covid-19 immunity and vaccination passports our ticket to freedom?

25 Feb 2021

Lifestyle

Low-quality maternal diet during pregnancy may be linked with late-childhood obesity

Thousands of mother and child pairs were examined to investigate the link between pregnant women's diets and their children's health.

26 Feb

WATCH | Simple and healthy snacks to enjoy while working from home

24 Feb

What is a nutritionally balanced diet and how do you achieve it?

26 Feb

WATCH | Drinking coffee 'has no affect on sleep quality'

23 Feb

Food systems need to change to promote healthy choices and combat obesity

23 Feb

Dieting may slow metabolism - but it doesn’t ruin it

22 Feb

Diet and nutrition

Low-quality maternal diet during pregnancy may be linked with late-childhood obesity

Thousands of mother and child pairs were examined to investigate the link between pregnant women's diets and their children's health.

26 Feb

What is a nutritionally balanced diet and how do you achieve it?

26 Feb

WATCH | Simple and healthy snacks to enjoy while working from home

24 Feb

Dieting may slow metabolism - but it doesn’t ruin it

22 Feb

Analysis: What can SA do about the ‘slow violence’ of child hunger and malnutrition?

24 Feb

Fitness

WATCH | These exercises may be doing more harm than good

Doing the right exercises, the right way, is key.

16 Feb

To go to gym, or not? Health clubs have strict measures in place to ensure safety

18 Feb

Do we really need to walk 10 000 steps a day?

05 Feb

Many of us overestimate our exercise levels – here’s how to calculate how much you really do

03 Feb

Why you should consider adding classical music to your exercise playlist

22 Jan

Medical

Two-dose vaccines: Study suggests those who've had Covid-19 may only need a single jab

Studies suggest that a second jab of the two-dose vaccine regimen is unnecessary in Covid-19 survivors, and that just giving a single dose may free up limited supply.

26 Feb 2021

Two more J&J trials underway to test vaccine in pregnant women and adolescents, and two-dose effect

26 Feb

Coronavirus variants update: One has spread to over 90 countries, two on WHO watchlist

26 Feb

Covid-19 immunity: New coronavirus variant increases risk of reinfection, says local expert

26 Feb

Ebola strikes West Africa again: Key questions and lessons from the past

25 Feb

Covid-19

Two more J&J trials underway to test vaccine in pregnant women and adolescents, and two-dose effect

Researchers are now looking to test how well the J&J vaccine works when administered as a two-dose regimen. It will also be tested on adolescents and pregnant women.

26 Feb

Two-dose vaccines: Study suggests those who've had Covid-19 may only need a single jab

26 Feb 2021

Coronavirus variants update: One has spread to over 90 countries, two on WHO watchlist

26 Feb

Covid-19 immunity: New coronavirus variant increases risk of reinfection, says local expert

26 Feb

More than 87 000 papers about coronavirus published since onset of pandemic

26 Feb

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