Elite athletes must be in tip-top shape, while also dealing with the intense pressures that come with competing at the highest level. This can affect their mental health. Therefore, mental health support for elite athletes requires a whole-system approach that combines proactive, individualised care with supportive training environments, strong... Read more

Although social media is known to affect people’s mental health, we lack a clear framework to determine whether symptoms related to depression spread through online networks or how to measure and track this process. Dr Kurt Marais, a lecturer in the Department of Logistics at Stellenbosch University (SU) who... Read more

As climate and environmental change continue to reshape ecosystems across the world, scientists are warning that mosquito-borne diseases may spread into new regions, become more frequent, and intensify in areas already under pressure. A major new international research grant awarded to Dr Monika Moir at the Centre for Epidemic... Read more

In South Africa, wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and connected river systems could serve as reservoirs of antibiotic resistance, raising fresh concerns about how antimicrobial resistance moves through ecosystems and into human populations. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) refers to the ability of disease-causing microbes to withstand treatments. Antibiotic resistance—a type of... Read more