Health authorities say this year’s influenza season includes circulating strains of influenza A(H1N1) pdm09, commonly known as “swine flu”, alongside influenza A(H3N2) and influenza B.

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has detected two polio virus strains (VDPV3 and nOPV2-L) in wastewater samples from a treatment plant in Cape Town, Western Cape. The NICD said ...

For 45 years, nickel-cadmium (NiCd; also Ni-Cad™, see Editor's Note below) batteries have plagued me. That's because I like to spend my Sunday afternoons relaxing with radio-controlled aircraft, such ...

This is veering to the periphery of on-topic, but can someone tell me whether one can damage a NiMH rechargable by using a NiCd charger? <BR><BR>The battery package says never to mix NiMh and NiCd ...

Batteries are expensive, and as the proud owner of at least a dozen dead AA NiCD batteries I'm too cheap to discard, Indestructibles' latest hack will be the first I am certain to implement: reviving ...

My wireless headphones came with 3 NiCd (Nickel-Cadmium) rechargeable batteries. The worked well enough, but have lost the ability to hold most of their charge.<BR><BR>They are both 1.2V (AAA) ...

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases says environmental surveillance remains a key tool in its efforts to eliminate and eradicate polio.

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics. Rechargeable nickel-cadmium (NiCd) batteries are widely used in consumer electronics because of their high energy density, long life, ...