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This South African has been quarantined for weeks. He doesn’t mind spending time alone, but these days he finds himself more and more puzzled by people, their habits, and strangely their attitude towards pens.

Early screening for cervical cancer can be a lifesaver but are nonprofit organisations enough to fill the gap in KZN's crumbling system?

Could a new manmade concoction of mundane odours stop malaria?

Many people can no longer afford hospital treatment and medication, and the number of those with medical aid has fallen by a third.

Men’s quest for the perfect body has reached the ‘bigorexia’ tipping point.

Mental health patients in Johannesburg's East Rand are hard hit by the unavailability of medication.

Cat' or 'intash' joins tik and nyaope in the playground as dealers target bored children.

This clinic used monthly SMSes to remind HIV-positive teens to collect their pills until one day... Take a look at the power and pitfalls of mhealth.

The growing fad of eating one's own placenta after giving birth has hit SA. But experts say there is no proof the practice is beneficial - or safe.

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.

This country has more than 200-million people, so why has it only logged 22 000 coronavirus tests?

​Nearly 36 000 young Mozambicans have signed up for SMS-based health counselling but will the new technology curb HIV infections?

Rape culture doesn't start when a rape is committed. It is built in slow steps in everyday events that help normalise gender-based violence.

Being isolated for days on end was too much for this student, locked up alone in her dormitory room in Wuhan, China. Her friends haven’t seen her since the day she lost it, and that was weeks ago.

The notion of violence as a national health priority has yet to take hold, even among health professionals.

A psychiatric facility in Freetown has stepped away from its colonial past and removed these ‘shackles’ from their patients.