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The health department will tell you what you should be binning and how to do it safely without causing another public health nightmare.

Help us guage the quality of public participation around the National Health Insurance NHI). Take this 5-minute survey.

A new study shows the dreadful reality of how the criminal justice system is failing victims of this 'priority crime' in SA.

South Africa needs to test 12 times more people per day for the new coronavirus than it currently does. Our testing plan can only do this if we use a wider range of tests — including controversial ones.

A malaria vaccine has passed the World Health Organisation’s efficacy rate of 75%. But if the United Kingdom’s new prime minister cuts foreign aid, the people who need the jab may never get it.

Forty-four new National Health Insurance (NHI) positions, based at the national health department head office in Tshwane, will be advertised in the coming weeks and filled by January 2023.

In theory medical aids fund ARVs, but in practice it's a complex process, say doctors and activists.

Which variants have been detected in South Africa and how do they differ? Each form of the virus has slight changes and therefore behaves slightly differently and could impact what the epidemic looks like. We break it down.

To help South Africa wipe out HIV by 2030, the country focuses on getting people who have a big chance of getting or spreading HIV access to testing and treatment. Researchers say that people with serious mental illnesses should be added to the list of these key populations in South Africa. Learn more.

Being conscious of good eating habits goes a long way towards winning the battle of the bulge.

These "cancer-fighting" molecules may not be the good guys we have been led to believe.

South Africa confirms first case of coronavirus but experts say it’s unlikely to spread because of the country's hot summer weather.

To help keep kids safe from drug overdoses, lawmakers in the US state of Colorado say schools can have an anti-overdose medicine in their emergency kit — and are making it available cheaply or even for free. But not all schools are signing up. Here’s why.

What goes into the scientific hamburger of a COVID vaccine? A lot of trust.

#TrackingTheNSP: Ahead of World Aids Day, hear just how far provinces have come putting the national plan into practice.

Struggling to figure out when your turn for a COVID vaccine will arrive? Bhekisisa and Media Hack have teamed up to create infographics that make it easier to decipher. This is a living document: when the timeline or guidelines change, we will create an updated graphic and upload it here.