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The pain of bereavement is supposed to ease with time. When it doesn't, psychiatrists call it 'complicated grief' and it can be treated.

The Earth is getting hotter and extreme weather events are becoming more common. It’s bad news for our lives. We break down how climate change links to poor health.

Traditional and Western healers team up to treat patients with HIV and tuberculosis because many people consult more than one health system.

Sihle Batiya's luckier than most – but the odds are stacked against kids with Down's syndrome in the Eastern Cape.

Find out how drug users banded together to use a simple injection to save thousands of lives.

In Diepsloot, Bhekisisa's Vimba! app is helping rape survivors access life-saving care and treatment.

Women who have been forced to go without their usual birth control shot are now facing the consequences of months-long shortages.

In a country where pipes can stop short of reaching home, cheap sachets of water sold on the street could be an unlikely solution, but at what cost?

Mentally disabled people in the rural Eastern Cape are considered worthless, even evil. When girls are sexually abused, mothers are no longer shocked.

In 2016, when renowned South African cardiologist Ntobeko Ntusi stepped into the role as head and chair of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) department of medicine, he took on both responsibilities and a legacy that most would have baulked at, amidst much scrutiny. He spoke to Sean Christie about his life’s trajectory, shortly before he joins the South African Medical Research Council as its new president and CEO.

Our children’s lives were lost due to the negligence of the Mpumalanga health system, say grieving mothers.