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More than a million public healthcare users in South Africa had started to use the HIV prevention pill by the end of May, with over half doing so in the past two years, health department data shows. But what must we do to make the pill — and a two-monthly HIV prevention injection — easier to get?

Gauteng — the province with the most confirmed COVID-19 cases — is also one of the two provinces with the lowest uptake of quarantine facilities.

A tale of two cities: Durban ditches drug users while Tshwane becomes the first city in SA to pioneer and fund new ways to keep them safe.

By June, the health department will know more about how to roll out Truvada nationally to men who have sex with men.

Our burning fossil fuels makes the Earth warmer, causing weather patterns to change. In areas with lots of air pollution, this can make it even harder for people with lung diseases to breathe. And those who have least, will be affected most.

Last week the World Intellectual Property Organisation announced copyright exceptions on materials for visually impaired people.

The two-monthly HIV prevention injection, CAB-LA, will be made in South Africa, at the Indian drug company Cipla’s Benoni and Durban plants. But a start date for production hasn’t yet been announced.

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.

Seven out of 10 South African women say that a lack of sexual intimacy in their relationships makes them feel depressed.

Issuing the proclamation led to a situation that could discourage practitioners from providing essential services for fear of criminal sanction.

Bhekisisa, the Mail & Guardian's health desk, bagged four awards at the Discovery Health Journalism Awards on Wednesday night.

New United Nations report calls for drug companies to spill closely held secrets and patent reforms.

Hospitals and clinics are to be demolished and rebuilt to reboot the Eastern Cape's "broken" health system.

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

There will be no increase in the tax on sugary drinks until 2025, the Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana announced during his budget speech on Wednesday.

A study has found that child-focused interventions have significantly reduced HIV-infection rates in children under the age of five.