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Women shun clinics over HIV tests
Pregnant women have spoken out about nurses forcing them to undergo testing without their informed consent.
No evidence of ‘fake food’, but tap water is sold as spring water, Motsoaledi...
But inspectors uncover counterfeit bottled water and spices.
No shoes allowed: Why it’s best to go bare indoors
About a third of the dust in your home is carried in on the soles of people’s shoes, and some of it can be bad for people, such as microplastics or poisonous substances like lead. The solution is pretty simple and the science is clear-cut. Leave your shoes outside.
#AIDS2016: Five things to watch out for at the International Aids Conference 2016
The International Aids Conference returns to Durban after 16 years. This year heralds the HIV prevention revolution that is underway.
#AIDS2016: Employees, particularly domestic workers, report forced HIV testing
Coerced testing usually follows employer offers to pay for private medical care.
Tshwane men to get the HIV prevention pill
By June, the health department will know more about how to roll out Truvada nationally to men who have sex with men.
South Africa is ‘extremely unlikely’ to have COVID vaccine results before next year
One of South Africa’s three COVID-19 vaccine trials was recently put on hold after a participant in the United Kingdom developed an unexplained illness. After an independent review, AstraZeneca’s candidate, which was considered to be a frontrunner in the field, is expected to resume locally this week. But results are still a long shot for this year, says the trial’s lead investigator.
#FeesMustFall: Plans in place to ensure Wits medical students graduate
Most of the country’s medical schools say final-year medical students will write exams
Mpumalanga’s health is failing – but it won’t take its medicine
Poor management and leadership instability lead to R2-billion in irregular expenditure.
Durban delays re-opening of city’s only needle exchange programme
The project’s closure six months ago forced some injecting drug users to share needles and risk infections such as HIV and Hepatitis C.
As if HIV treatment never happened and time stood still
In SA, HIV infection is no longer a death sentence but in countries like the Democratic Republic Congo, it's as if treatment never happened.
‘Forced’ sterilisation of HIV women violates rights
Women's advocacy groups are lodging a formal complaint against the "coerced" sterilisation of HIV-infected women, saying it defies state policy.
#AIDS2016: Protesters disrupt conference demanding free condoms in schools
Over a dozen young people have backed a declaration delivered to the health minister calling for free condoms and sanitary pads in school
Motsoaledi strikes back at NHI critics
But the Free Market Foundation maintains the plan will cost the state more than it raises in taxes.
Why COVID jabs will stop new variants in their tracks — if we vaccinate...
SARS-CoV-2 variants are the virus that causes COVID-19’s way of surviving and spreading. The fewer vaccinated people there are, the more chance the virus has to evolve. Here’s where variants come from and how to stop them.
SA experimental TB vaccine is the first in almost a century to slash new...
Scroll down to read the latest trial results as part of our live blog from the UN's recent high level meeting on TB.