#QuarantineChronicles: Departure & distrust
South Africans in Wuhan are set to come back home on Friday, but our secret journaller has a few final thoughts to share in...
Medical smart jacket tackles misdiagnosis of pneumonia
Jacket would detect symptoms up to four times faster than a doctor.
#AIDS2016:“I’ve taken control of my sex life. I use an HIV prevention pill.”
An HIV prevention pill can reduce HIV-negative people's chances of contracting HIV by more than 90%.
‘The baby fell, but I just kept running’
Refugees can flee their countries, but they can't escape the trauma of war.
When ambulances wouldn’t respond to calls in this community, one woman started her own...
Where ambulances fear to tread: Life in Africa's largest informal settlement is rife with problems. Getting emergency care shouldn't be one of them, says...
Anyone can catch this drug-resistant bug. Surviving treatment is another story.
For years, catching this drug-resistant bacteria meant painful treatment that risked your hearing and mental health. Now, that could be changing.
SA just endorsed a draft resolution that could bring Big Pharma to its knees
Presented this week at the World Health Assembly, the document could usher in a new era in affordable healthcare. Here's why we need it.
When the tiniest hearts break: Behind SA’s shortage of paediatric heart surgeons
The country can't produce its own paediatric heart surgeons. But that may be beginning to change, starting in Cape Town.
Shift in mood towards HIV
A recent Cape Town AIDS conference showed a shift in the global mood on HIV.
Could this be the second major city on the verge of a ‘day zero’?
Taps in capital city of Maputo being turned off every other day as climate change exacerbates southern African drought
Saved: How drug users gained the power to reverse overdoses
Find out how drug users banded together to use a simple injection to save thousands of lives.
South Sudan: From war to water crisis
The start of the rainy season in the war-torn country could spell a cholera outbreak.
Return trip: Psychedelics are back
In the first of a two-part series, a band of doctors set out to reclaim LSD and ecstasy for mental health treatments.
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.
The female condom showdown: Lovers Plus Inner Condom, the Cupid and the V
South Africa is pumping more money into female condom distribution. We look at what's on the market and what's to come for the femidom.
Save a little money, save a little life
A grassroots Ugandan health initiative has significantly reduced maternal deaths.