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Sleep apnoea means you stop breathing for some time while asleep. Your brain then tells your body to wake up so that you can get much-needed oxygen. Picture this happening 42 times an hour every night. That’s what Juanita Herholdt used to go through before getting tested and treated for this sleep disorder.

A new injectable drug could change the face of HIV prevention and the revolution might start right here in South Africa.

Professors Hoosen Coovadia and Salim Abdool Karim, two of SA's foremost HIV researchers, were recently the health department's greatest enemies.

Journalism does not begin or end with free speech, we have an ethical obligation not to give platform for abhorrent views in the name of free speech.

The race for a COVID vaccine has four candidates nearing the finish line — with some getting ready to roll out before the end of the year. But what do the reported efficacy results actually mean and how much will doses cost? We break it down.

Before 2011, this country couldn’t screen for cervical cancer let alone prevent it. Since then everything’s changed.

An industry-wide probe into private healthcare seems likely, but stakeholders fear a witch hunt.

Trust is essential in the pandemic and scientists here can set the priorities that make the most sense for our people.COMMENTResearch to find a...

The Free State government had them arrested during a protest against their dismissal, now the workers say they will fight the charges in court.

We will see more pandemics like COVID in the future — which is why political leaders are convening in New York today at the United Nations first ever high-level meeting on pandemic preparedness. Being able to make vaccines locally can stop Africa having to be at the back of the queue waiting for medicines the next time round. Here’s how.

The long-acting implant contraceptive Jadelle is being made available at 50% of its original price to women in developing countries.

​Nearly 36 000 young Mozambicans have signed up for SMS-based health counselling but will the new technology curb HIV infections?

Those who dispute that the COVID vaccines used in South Africa are safe and effective are just wrong.

A local analysis found promising protective effects of the Pfizer COVID vaccine — even among those who had only received one dose. The data from Discovery Health illustrates how vaccination can lower your risk of infection. But even with this promise, the variants circulating in South Africa means we shouldn’t abandon existing safety measures.

Some experts say sugar should be treated like drugs or alcohol. What does the science say?

Mental health patients in Johannesburg's East Rand are hard hit by the unavailability of medication.