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The National Education Health and Allied Workers' Union has claimed that an interim court interdict has been granted, despite others rejecting this.

Nehawu will apply for an emergency interdict to stop McCord Hospital's board from closing down the facility.

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

Experts say the vast sum spent by Sylvia Lucas on unhealthy food is indicative of a big fat problem.

Female condoms have sensualised sexual health thanks to the increased tactility of new materials.

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

Advocacy groups are due to march to the Eastern Cape's health MEC as part of a campaign against a "crisis" in health care access in the province.

Some have lauded the draft policy, saying it could make medication cheaper, but others say it is "unimpressive" and "almost contradictory".

A generic version of a key cancer drug is now available in South Africa, but at a significantly higher cost than it is available internationally.

Even though traces of cancer-causing chemicals have been found, the real killer – tobacco – is absent.

Half of South Africa's 100 000 blind children could have been saved if they were treated earlier, shows a new report.

Work on HIV prevention may be undone after a boy died after a medical circumcision procedure.

Successes in the battle against infectious diseases are offset by chronic, noncommunicable illnesses.

NHI details are not clear but it is certain that the priveged few will have to do with less.

Many medical schemes rely on the ignorance of their members, who buy more expensive cover than they may need, for their very survival.

Politicians and industry experts say that partnerships between the public and private sectors may solve the doctor and nurse shortages in SA.