South Africa

ADF STAFF Large groups are again gathering at restaurants, sporting events and nightspots without masks and social distancing. Countries are opening their doors to tourists and scrapping COVID-19 restrictions. Many people believe the…

ADF STAFF Months of declining cases of COVID-19 throughout Africa have given rise to a burgeoning sense of optimism among health experts and officials. But it is a cautious optimism, tempered by nearly two years of hard-won progress. Dr.…

ADF STAFF When Dr. Angelique Coetzee first noticed what turned out to be a new variant of COVID-19 in South Africa last year, it was a set of unfamiliar symptoms that piqued her curiosity. Coetzee, a private practitioner and former chair…

ADF STAFF From energy to shipping, tourism and fishing, the ocean plays a major role in South Africa’s economy. But, as the nation hopes to expand this sector, a researcher at Stellenbosch University said it is time to develop a better…

ADF STAFF COVID-19 took Sikhulile Moyo on a roller coaster ride in late 2021. The Zimbabwean laboratory director at the Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership led the team that sequenced and discovered the highly infectious omicron…

ADF STAFF The risks of COVID-19 patients suffering from mental disorders, such as psychosis, seizures, brain fog and dementia remained heightened in some people two years after contracting the virus, according to a new study. The…

ADF STAFF Young people have been among the hardest hit by the socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, suffering education and training disruptions, losing sources of income, and dealing with food insecurity. Of the estimated 1.4…

ADF STAFF New strains of COVID-19 continue to be particularly dangerous for people living with HIV, the World Health Organization reports. As the omicron variant became the predominant strain globally, HIV-positive people did not…

ADF STAFF Depression-related cases have increased by 24% in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to financial services provider Discovery Health, which handles claims for 2.7 million people. Similarly, heart attack…

ADF STAFF For years, bad information has undermined public health officials as they try to contain disease outbreaks. Rumors and falsehoods about how and when people get infected helped fuel the spread of diseases such as HIV/AIDS,…