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Activists say if Roche does not drop the price of Herceptin, they will ask the health department to act.

According to a study, the discovery of how a woman's body responded to her HIV infection by making antibodies may hold the clue to a cure for Aids.

Provincial health department has been put under administration as ministerial task team is deployed to the province.

There is little reason to worry even if a fellow passenger has contracted the disease.

When new technology and an old tradition meet, they could help avert more than a million new HIV infections.

A recent spate of massacres has reignited the conversation about firearm control. It’s an emotional debate, but what does the evidence say about the kind of policies that work to prevent gun violence?

The hunt is on for a new private sector partner with the expertise to set up a drug-making plan.

A new tuberculosis vaccine is being tested in South Africa as part of a large trial in which about 20 000 people from seven countries will get their shots. We visited a rural site in KwaZulu-Natal to see how it is being rolled out.

Find out what you need to know with this latest article in our series separating tobacco fact from fiction.

A plagiarism scandal has rocked the sports world and cast fresh doubt over the influence of the industry in research on head injuries. It also stirred up old allegations that sporting bodies have underplayed the risk of an incurable disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

Rural provinces such the Eastern Cape and Limpopo are winning South Africa’s vaccination race. Here are the problems the far-flung vaccine sites have faced and how they were solved.

Fixing healthcare needs a multidisciplinary approach, not just a medical focus.

More than 1 000 Nigerians languish on death row.

Students set to be repatriated also report an air of secrecy around their final destination and have been told not to divulge the quarantine’s location publicly. One student also said they’ve been told their cell phones will be taken from them when they land. 

India has dispatched an unlikely hero to promote tuberculosis awareness and battle its stigma.

Bill Gates was at the International Aids Conference this week. He spent time with five African journalists. Here is what they wanted to know.