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Why the design of COVID-19 field hospitals today could shape the hospital designs of tomorrow. We look at these pop-up solutions from Chicago to Tel Aviv.

The growing health crisis in the E Cape has forced Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi to intervene by commissioning a task team to investigate.

State health workers will remain cash strapped as the South African government battles to rein in its massive public sector wage bill, which makes up 15% of the goods and services produced in the country.

A team in the country’s COVID ministerial advisory committee (MAC) uses a formula to keep tabs on the rise of infections. Here’s how it works.

Parents and staff can no longer keep contraception out of schools in the case of children 12 years and older.

Following #FeesMustFall, this report echoed warnings of the Marikana Commission of Inquiry & said schools must plan for protests. Has it happened?

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.

The former Health MEC claims her subordinates withheld information from her. But she’s being accused 
of misleading the legislature.

Police are investigating suspected misconduct involving millions of dollars of funds from donors.

Today, we set out on our own after calling the Mail & Guardian home for more than half a decade.

This week, tear-gassed #FeesMustFall protestors took to rubbing condoms on their eyes. Bhekisisa investigates why.

Selected state clinics will soon provide a pill that can prevent HIV infection to people at high risk of contracting the virus.

Local tobacco companies’ market share quadrupled during the country’s temporary sales ban in 2020, overtaking Big Tobacco’s pre-ban monopoly on South Africa’s tobacco industry.

HIV home visits in a Malawi village worked so well that the same visits are not also being used for conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and cancer.

Pooling funds to cover people’s medical bills makes sense — but only if the funds are managed well. Here’s what actuaries and economists look at when calculating your monthly premium — and what it could mean for the proposed National Health Insurance plan.

The active ingredient in magic mushrooms could help treat depression in people who have had no success with traditional treatments.