Africa

As COVID-19 cases mount, Square Kilometre Array construction delayed into 2021

Data from South Africa show old age and diabetes are far more important risk factors

Staff and medical equipment carried the virus from patient to patient and from ward to ward

Sending tens of thousands of health workers to villages, the country looks beyond lockdown to long-term pandemic fight

Wrenching decision will have huge and long-lasting impact, global health experts say

Existing infrastructure and tactics are aiding the coronavirus fight

South Africa declares “state of disaster” after virus is found to spread locally and cases rise to 61

Fungal biopesticide would be used at largest scale so far

Move could have “severe” genetic consequences, they argue

Children’s skeletons yield genomes more than 3000 years old

Winnie Byanyima brings eclectic background to big challenge

Team hopes to test fortifying salt to tackle birth malformations; government wants evidence of efficacy

Sanger Institute’s aborted effort to develop gene chip could set back research in Africa

Our species likely arose in many places around Africa, not just around the Kalahari Desert, critics say

As outbreak continues, high-level U.S. delegation visits amid funding worries

Two upcoming reports disagree on the wisdom of setting 2050 goal for ending the disease