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Are you living with HIV, diabetes, high blood pressure or TB? Find out what the new coronavirus outbreak means for you and your health.

Warning, this article contains sensitive details about Father Christmas. Kids, look away.

Free State Health MEC Benny Malakoane has accused the M&G of sensationalist reporting, but warned that his department will run out of money this year.

The Special Investigating Unit says it is actively targeting fraudsters in the private healthcare sector.

More than half the female sex workers in South Africa's three largest cities are HIV positive, but less than a third are on antiretroviral treatment.

Doctors Without Borders has stressed the critical importance of adequate investment into the prevention of diseases such as Ebola and cholera.

Women who lose weight after surgery – as opposed to through exercise and diet – are less likely to be employed because of negative perceptions.

Why languish in illness when the poor could be used to help you live long and prosper? A dubious advertisement recently advocated.

The case has already contributed to improved jurisprudence on socioeconomic rights in Uganda

The Life Esidimeni tragedy makes headlines again in a new global report.

Is the South African Law Commission's recommendation to sentence convicted sex workers to 'diversion programmes' a latest symptom of a country torn?

"Women are blamed for infertility when, in fact, as we know from research, it is quite often on the man’s side.”

Need to know more about PrEP? Mia Malan talks to Dr Kevin Rebe to answer your questions.

The Electronic-cigarette Association of South Africa has labelled the government's attempts to regulate the devices as a cop-out.

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

It’s been a bumper year for trouble for the country’s healthcare system and it's only June. Here's everything you might have missed.