Two weeks ago, Linda Geddes, the science correspondent for The Guardian, contributed two articles, the first describing how the Covid pandemic ushered in […]
Posts Tagged ‘Vaccine’
An Extraordinary Biographer
Eleven years ago, I wrote a blog, “In pursuit of the perfect design,” which was in fact a book review. The […]
UK and SA Join Forces
Earlier this week, the United Kingdom hosted an official state visit by President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, the first such visit […]
Bioengineering Can Do It!
Ralph Weissleder (seen right, © Wikipedia), who is a professor of systems biology at Harvard and a specialist in interventional radiology, […]
Covid, Ultrasound and AI
Eighteen months ago, when the Covid-19 vaccines were being rolled out in the USA and UK, we reviewed a paper that had […]
Who Gets the Credit?
A patent provides protection to the inventor for 20 years, during which period the patent owner has an exclusive right […]
Attacks on Healthcare Facilities
For the past week, two regions in South Africa have been engulfed in violence following the arrest and incarceration of our former […]
Mothers of Invention
We are all familiar with the proverb, “Necessity is the mother of invention,” the origins of which are attributed to Aesop’s Fables […]
Local Lad Makes Good
As South Africans, we take pride in highlighting a successful person’s links to our country when describing their accomplishments on […]
Vaccine Causes Swollen Lymph Nodes
For the past six weeks, there has been a collective sigh of relief in the UK and USA as vaccines […]