Fresh woes for dodgy doctor
A new complaint has been filed against Limpopo doctor Allick Dube.
Impoverished patients benefit from rejected drug patent
After a seven-year battle, India's government has successfully defended its right to reject drug patents if a medicine doesn't deserve one.
Should everyone be getting the HIV prevention pill as part of clinical research trials?
Only some study participants have access to the tablet that can cut the risk of HIV infection by more than 90%.
Cancer and heart disease: Can alcohol help you or hurt you?
Drinking four glasses of wine a day can increase your chances of getting breast cancer by about 50%.
Comment: SA could turn dread into capital
HIV diplomacy can be used to help the country become a better, more influential global citizen.
When ambulances wouldn’t respond to calls in this community, one woman started her own...
Where ambulances fear to tread: Life in Africa's largest informal settlement is rife with problems. Getting emergency care shouldn't be one of them, says...
Plant, pick, pack: Finding Mpumalanga’s missing fruit pickers
In this province, the agricultural and mining sectors draw thousands of workers each year – and then they disappear. Here’s why we need to find them.
What free education could cost us
Saturday’s surprise announcement could be the latest blow to the country’s bid for better healthcare.
State capture strikes again? Why 95% of medicines are missing at North West clinics
Striking workers say a go-slow at the province's central depot will continue until their demands are met.
What to expect from the world’s first high-level UN meeting on TB
Ramaphosa and Motsoaledi are expected to draw high praise at a UN meeting this week. Find out why.
Angelina Jolie takes on her biggest role — as a TB-sniffing rat
Angelina might just have saved a life. But is there science to prove it?
People should have access to abortion services. Do you agree? We’ve got a paying...
Bhekisisa and the Triad Trust are teaming up to track South Africa’s sexual health services such as abortion, family planning and counselling services for survivors of gender-based violence. Help us expand this free database.
“People have normalised rape… but no one talks about abortion. When I do, the...
With terminations outlawed in Kenya, women and girls in its largest slum have to rely on expensive and unreliable under-the-counter pills, toxic chemicals or...
How one COVID-19 case at St Augustine’s Hospital led to 135 infections within 51...
The coronavirus spread rapidly through Netcare St Augustine’s Hospital and beyond and made up 14% of KwaZulu-Natal’s infections by the end of April. ...
This man blew the lid off the #LifeEsidimeni tragedy. Read what it taught him.
When we got our independence, we did not ask ourselves what kind of ethics this new country needed. SA’s health ombud reflects on his first big case.
Silent killer: SA men unaware of hypertension
Three out of four SA men with hypertension don't know they have this condition, which is responsible for the deaths of 230 South Africans daily.