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A pharmacist preps ARV treatment for a patient in South Africa.
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Prof Colleen Aldous asks: US HIV funding gone — Will SA’s wealthy fill the gap?

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Editor BizNews
6 min read
South Africa must act now to protect HIV care, prevention and treatment gains.
Big Pharma's latest obsession - The brain may be about to have its Ozempic moment
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Big Pharma's latest obsession - The brain may be about to have its Ozempic moment

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The Economist
6 min read
Pharma’s newest obsession involves mimicking the system that keeps people awake
Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. Fauci declined to testify in a Senate committee hearing on his role in the US response to Covid-19, invoking his 5th Amendment rights.
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Fauci on trial: Case for the defence - Political theatre or real reckoning?

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Editor BizNews
7 min read
US hearing on Anthony Fauci exposes how Covid-19 science remains politicised, overshadowing evidence, accountability, and unresolved pandemic questions today.
Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, left, and Senator Rick Scott, a Republican from Florida, during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. Anthony Fauci declined to testify in a Senate committee hearing on his role in the US response to Covid-19, invoking his 5th Amendment rights.
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Fauci on trial: Will silence seal the historical record of the pandemic in darkness?

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Editor BizNews
5 min read
COVID accountability, Fauci's Senate testimony, media silence and unresolved pandemic questions renew calls for transparency, scientific integrity and truth.
Children play football on a dirt clearing in the Slovo Park informal settlement outside Johannesburg
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Climate change set to add SA to Africa’s Malaria map

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Bloomberg
3 min read
Climate change is reshaping Africa’s malaria landscape, increasing risks in cooler regions while reducing transmission in some hotter areas.
Vials on the Wegovy line at the Novo Nordisk A/S production facilities in Hillerod, Denmark
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Novo's cut-price Ozempic alternative lands in SA - one day after rival clears same hurdle

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Editor BizNews
8 min read
Novo’s cheaper semaglutide copy enters South Africa as patents expire and competition heats up
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