Pharma sets price on life with world’s most expensive drug
Rare diseases lead to development of new drugs that, like other rare commodities command high prices.
Meet Andy Gray, the ‘insider’s insider’ of SA drug policy
Pharmacy expert Andy Gray is the “insider’s insider” in South Africa’s public health sphere. Get to know him better here.
Can you pause a pandemic? Inside the race to stop the spread of COVID-19...
Tracing the close contacts of people who test positive for coronavirus disease is a delicate dance. Here’s why these health workers wait for the cover of darkness to take action.
SA’s moonlight sonata: The illegal cash cow draining specialist care at state hospitals
Specialist doctors at many state facilities aren’t showing up to work despite earning millions of rands a year in taxpayer money. The consequences for patient health can be devastating but not everyone agrees on the solutions.
Tales from Trumpland: Health workers will be forced to bury aborted fetal tissue
In the war on women's bodies, the casualties stretch far beyond US' 50 states.
The unforgiving days of too much wine and never enough roses
A cruel, unrelenting cycle of poverty, drinking and fetal alcohol syndrome robs families of all hope.
Teletubbies and friends: Inside the bizarre science behind your child’s favourite show
What makes the world’s most successful children’s TV programmes so addictive – and so strange? Linda Geddes explores the research on kids’ TV, what it’s teaching us about childhood development, and how that can help make programmes for the better.
A doctor born of hope
This man from rural Eastern Cape had to travel all the way to Cuba to make his dream of becoming a doctor come true. Now, he is back home and treating patients at the same hospital his mother used to sell fruit in front of when he was a boy.
#SowetoMarathon: Why this prostate cancer survivor is running today
A marathon runner with prostate cancer uses his skill to promote awareness and encourage testing.
When the sorrow doesn’t end: Could chronic grief be a medical condition?
The pain of bereavement is supposed to ease with time. When it doesn't, psychiatrists call it 'complicated grief' and it can be treated.
This disposable piece of technology might save your life – if you can afford...
Many diabetics are dependent on expensive blood sugar testing strips to stay alive. Most in South Africa can't afford it.
What do your period and bananas have in common? Find out
In Rwanda, schoolgirls can now buy locally produced, cheaper sanitary towels.
Therapists test psychedelic chaos to cure depression and addiction
Psychiatrists have since turned to antidepressants, mood stabilisers and antipsychotics that aren’t curative.
Autism and its uncommon angels
Dembe Ndou learned to play piano in no time at all, but simply chatting is a complex challenge.
Walk in the footsteps of South Sudan’s lost children
Refugee resettlement camps offer a safer space for South Sudanese children, who make up 64% of all refugees in Uganda.
‘I told them I had a miscarriage. But the nurses knew what had really...
Go inside the international network of women willing to break the law to give people access to termination of pregnancy services.