Long Form

Climate change and air pollution could be conspiring against the continent, and fuelling new levels of death and disease.

In the war on women's bodies, the casualties stretch far beyond US' 50 states.

History repeats as old health emergencies emerge anew. Is the health ombud the person to lead fights the Human Rights Commission started?

A mother's love led her to South Africa to find a school for her son with autism.

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

Ebola wiped out nearly 10% of Liberia’s doctors and nurses. Take a look at life for those it left behind.

When bringing a new life into the world risks taking another, even old traditions have to adopt new ways.

Speaking more than one language could lead to better tests scores and even being a more empathetic person.

A month after she was wheeled out of a North West hospital in a barrow, Ntombizodwa Matthews met her end. Her family blames politics for her death.

They thought they were signing up for a dream but it turned out to be a trafficking nightmare.

When TB strikes, the fight to live can come at the cost of a way of life for the country's nomads. This could help ease the pain.

Are social media algorithms designed to prey the mental health of women and people of colour?

In Rwanda, schoolgirls can now buy locally produced, cheaper sanitary towels

Governments and even anonymous do-gooders are stepping into fill the funding gap left by the US decision, but their pockets will never...

For those with breast cancer, a mastectomy may seem like the best option. But Joanna Moorhead is glad she chose less extensive surgery.

We used to believe our brains couldn’t be changed. Now we believe they can – if we want it enough. But is that true?