The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is facing serious challenges in maintaining its Reserve Force, with officials warning that without immediate intervention, its ability to support the ...

Five years ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Whether it still is depends on who you ask. There are no clear criteria to mark the end of a pandemic ...

About 1.22 million people have died of COVID in the U.S., CDC data shows. Tuesday marks five years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the global outbreak of COVID-19 to be a pandemic.

On top of that, the SANDF is burdened by a top management of nearly 400 generals earning enormous salaries. That is one general for every 184 people in the Defence Force. Top management should ...

Questions remain over where COVID came from and how long it spread undetected. Five years ago, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak to be a pandemic, leading to stay at ...

Read more of our coverage of COVID’s fifth anniversary: a critical reflection on lessons learned and future pandemic preparedness; and the problem with brushing off our varied experiences of ...

28 March: Cosmic rays pass close to earth - turn off phones, etc. 27 March: Loss of soldiers 26 March: Letter for closure of all learning institutions 25 March: Schools opening date might be carried ...

Five years after the novel coronavirus emerged, historians see echoes of other great illnesses, and legacies that are unlike any of them. Credit...Katherine Lam Supported by By Gina Kolata Five ...

The public health leader, who was a significant figure during the Covid-19 pandemic, was given the choice to resign or be fired.

The Doherty Institute has provided modelling and advice to the Australian government pertaining to COVID. Peter C. Doherty does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any ...

With the acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic fading even as the coronavirus persists and evolves, a new normal is taking shape around the world. “It still feels kind of incomplete,” said ...