President Cyril Ramaphosa ((GCIS)) President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law legislation that requires political parties to make their financial records public.One political analyst says the Promotion of Access to Information Amendment Act is bad news for parties.Civic organisations have hailed the legislation as "progressive".South Africa's fractious political landscape is in for a shake-up. President Cyril…
Tests for Covid-19 antibodies are now available, but news reports suggest—and some physicians are advising their patients—that antibodies may not provide immunity. This assertion defies generations of immunology research and is a political attack on reliable tests. Here’s how the immune system works: On viral infection, it reacts with two surges, “innate” and “adaptive” immunity.…
Graphical abstract. Credit: Biomolecules and Biomedicine (2025). DOI: 10.17305/bb.2025.12331 Researchers report in a study, published in Biomolecules and Biomedicine, that lower blood levels of vitamin D are consistently linked with higher rates of depression in adults—especially when 25-hydroxy-vitamin D [25(OH)D] falls at or below 30 nmol/L. The authors emphasize that this does not prove cause:
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