How vaccinated are we?
It is estimated that 19.7 million children under the age of one have not received basic vaccines due to their… Read More
Fact-a-day archive
Wisdom of the herd
Herd Immunity is when the majority of a population is immune to an infectious disease, providing indirect protection to those… Read More
An ounce of prevention
Although vaccines prevent 2-3 million deaths every year, they cannot assist with chronic, mental or genetic diseases. There are currently… Read More
It costs a lot to be healthy
It can cost anywhere from US$200m (R3.3b) to US$500m (R8.3b) to develop a vaccine all the way from research and… Read More
Ancient Inoculation
Vaccinations are believed to prevent up to 3 million deaths worldwide every year. There is evidence that some Asian and… Read More
The Backwards Moon
Neptune’s largest moon, Triton, is the only large moon in our solar system that orbits in a direction opposite to… Read More