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Many people with physical disabilities find it hard to access sexual and reproductive health services — and it’s often the prejudice of those without disabilities that stands in their way.

Seemingly safe substances like aspirin could harm your unborn baby.

Dirty air makes it hard to breathe. Add hotter days or extreme cold into the mix and it will become harder still, especially for people who already have lung problems. In the latest episode of Health Beat, Mia Malan spoke to Caradee Wright, a public health specialist at the Medical Research Council, about what climate change will mean for people who already struggle to breathe, and what can be done about it.

More COVID vaccines are arriving in South Africa over the next few weeks. These jabs are allocated for healthcare workers as part of the Sisonke trial. Find out where they'll be available.

The disease kills more than a million people a year but the world's response to it is totally inadequate.

The toyi-toyiing "helps me to get rid of my frustrations at the hospital", says one doctor.

New research has shown that the 'practice of mindfulness meditation' can reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Better-quality primary healthcare would result in lower medical aid premiums.

State officials have visited Dihlabeng and the Free State health MEC says he will follow suit.

Thousands of women are lured from Nigeria to Italy annually by the promise of a new life, only to find themselves trapped in the sex trade.

Would you risk your life for R 3 500? These community health workers have been doing just that for years.

The International Aids Conference returns to Durban after 16 years. This year heralds the HIV prevention revolution that is underway.

Vaccines don’t last forever. When they reach their expiration date, the jabs need to be disposed of in a way that ensures they aren’t retrievable. A waste management company explains how this is done.

A new global investigation has documented, in at least 45 countries, “shocking” and “unnecessary” breaches of laws and World Health Organisation guidelines intended to protect women and babies during the pandemic.

Home is where the heart is — it’s also important to young children’s sense of identity — but what happens when a state quarantine facility has to become their home away from home?

What’s a day in a donor-funded journalism centre like? Mia Malan reveals all in her latest article for the journal of African Journalism Studies.