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As the climate crisis worsens, arid parts of South Africa are expected to get even hotter and even more water-scarce. In...

Each year, millions will be bitten by venomous snakes and for many, antivenom will remain painfully out of reach. Discovering why...

In court, comfort for the tiniest victims of sexual abuse can come from the unlikeliest of places.

Follow the country's health minister's journey from trainee doctor to his current role leading the fight against the coronavirus pandemic in...

The illicit trade in this prescription pain killer has become the stuff of ballads and dance halls but its abuse is...

Take a look at the newest HIV treatment set to hit South Africa's shores in 2019.

One in three French people think vaccines are unsafe, yet vaccine coverage in the country is rising. Here’s how they do...

Political, security and cultural complications – not least a refusal to believe that Ebola exists – have thwarted efforts to overcome...

General anaesthetic is supposed to make surgery painless. Now there’s evidence that one person in 20 may be awake when doctors think they’re under.

Since the country’s rollout, less than a quarter of people who’ve started taking the HIV prevention pill are young women — despite high HIV rates.

For years, catching this drug-resistant bacteria meant painful treatment that risked your hearing and mental health. Now, that could be changing.

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

When a few months of treatment costs as much as a house, some patients are taking their lives and the law into their own hands to survive.

Bosasa bribed its way into contracts. Meet the four-year-old who paid the price.

Virtual reality isn’t just for video games anymore. It’s revolutionising medicine, including the way we manage pain.

Almost one in four babies born at public hospitals come into the world via c-section but is it costing some women their lives?