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Health professionals work in teams: their training should prepare them
Students enter the workplace as front-line workers. Understanding their role in the health team is key. GettyImages Gérard Charl Filies,…
Rethink ventilation for a safe return to schools after the COVID-19 pandemic
When children return to schools in the fall, measures to protect them from COVID-19 must be taken/ (Shutterstock) Gabriel Wainer,…
Fungus in Nigeria’s industrial waste produces a promising antibiotic compound
Waste products from factories like this could hold the key to more novel antibiotic discoveries. Stefan Heunis/AFP via Getty Images…
Why population immunity is not a realistic goal in Africa’s bid to control COVID-19
COVID-19 vaccination in Africa is speeding up. Habimana Thierry/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Edina Amponsah-Dacosta, University of Cape Town and…
If I’ve already had COVID, do I need a vaccine? And how does the immune system respond? An expert explains
Andre Coelho/EPA/AAP Sunit K. Singh, Banaras Hindu University Over a year into the pandemic, questions around immune responses after COVID…
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COVID-19 herd immunity? It’s not going to happen, so what next?
The best hope of beating the pandemic is to vaccinate as many people as soon as possible. Luca Sola/AFP via…
COVID-19 could cause male infertility and sexual dysfunction – but vaccines do not
New research has found that some men who have had COVID-19 might experience unwanted sexual side effects. tuaindeed/iStock via Getty…
What machine learning can offer Nigeria’s healthcare system
Machine learning can change patient care in Nigeria for good. avestia.com/shutterstock Busayo Ajuwon, Australian National University; Alice Richardson, Australian National…
Monkeypox in Nigeria: why the disease needs intense management
Monkeypox can only be diagnosed through a laboratory test. Shutterstock Oyewale Tomori, Nigerian Academy of Science Monkeypox is back in…
This is no time to neglect hepatitis - 70 million Africans are infected
A childhood vaccine given at birth is effective. BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Pauline Bakibinga, African Population and Health…