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SA will receive 480 000 additional COVID vaccines from Johnson & Johnson — but only if they’re found to be safe. Meanwhile, we’ll only hear in the week of June 7 if we can release our first two batches of 31 million Johnson & Johnson jabs.

Could do-it-yourself birth control injections take off in South Africa?

The health minister warns finding the money for junior doctor placements is not voluntary, it's what the law prescribes.

There's good news and bad news when it comes to PMBs.

Bhekisisa bagged its sixth Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Award this year. This time around, for the feature category. Go behind the scenes of the award-winning story.

Globally, one in four private healthcare groups surveyed won’t work with governments.

The Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism was awarded the 2021 Reconciliation Award from the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation. This award recognises the work our team has done over the past year to cover the COVID pandemic and the role our organisation has played in advancing healthcare solutions through reporting on health and social justice issues across Africa.

If the health minister has his way, vaping will soon be regulated like regular smoking because, he says, Big Tobacco is complicit in its rise.

‘I can’t mention who are the parties I am expecting litigation from but I can assure I know who they are.'

Before the festive season kicks off, take a look at Bhekisisa’s most-read stories of 2022.

Gauteng health MEC Qedani Mahlangu breaks her silence over the department's deadly decision to transfer psychiatric patients.

In times of famine, epidemic and hardship over the past 250 years, women have consistently outlived men, find researchers

Suspended head of Gauteng health Barney Selebano's court bid to avoid testifying at the ongoing arbitration could keep him off the stand for months.

Far fewer people are testing for COVID-19 than last year this time, but most people flush. Water in the country’s drains can pick up a spike in cases or can help to pick up a threatening new variant in time for clinics to prepare for an influx of patients.

Makgoba says a statistical error led doctor to greatly overestimate patient deaths.

​The loss of one of SA’s most longstanding HIV activists comes when politics and dwindling resources are pitting stalwarts against each other.