Could your favourite birth control put you at risk of HIV?
A Cape Town study could finally provide the answer to whether there is a link between the shot and HIV infection risk.
TB: This pee test could save your life
What if diagnosing South Africa’s deadliest disease was as simple as taking a drug store pregnancy test? That day might be...
Why over-treating malaria in Africa is a problem, and how it can be stopped
Malaria medication is being accidentally wasted on other conditions.
Have wheels, will travel: The all-male crews who are taking on sexual violence one...
Floods, fires and war — for decades, first responders have been using this mental health hack to help people after disasters...
Snub Mbeki like he did Nkosi
About 35 000 babies could have been born without HIV had the president listened to the boy.
It’s time to get tough on crime… in our maternity wards?
Women – many of them mothers – constitute more than half of the population. What should moms think of before casting their vote?
Kenyans and Ugandans need to change their ways to arrest lifestyle diseases
Two surveys paint a shocking picture of how East Africans are exposing themselves to the mounting risks of non-communicable diseases.
What did this former Sars official know about Big Tobacco’s dodgy dealings?
State capture was a godsend for tobacco dealers, writes former Sars official Johann van Loggerenberg in his latest book, which may...
Money can’t be the only motive for developing life-saving medicines
Will the world act now to be ready for the next big outbreak?
Why we should be making our own COVID medicines, vaccines and supplies
There's been an unequal scramble for COVID-19 vaccines, test kits and medicines that can shorten recovery periods. Wealthy countries have already...
#AIDS2016: Youth will lead the way to an Aids-free generation – Ramaphosa
Education and opportunity are key to stemming the tide of HIV in South Africa's young women.
It’s official: Bhekisisa is going solo
Today, we set out on our own after calling the Mail & Guardian home for more than half a decade.
Mediation could ease SA’s medico-legal woes but it’s no quick fix
South Africa is now home to more than 90 trained medical mediators, but there’s not much work to go around - yet.
In the future, a simple ring could protect you from HIV and unwanted pregnancies
A vaginal ring could one day offer women dual protection against HIV infection and unwanted pregnancies. Unless this happens.
Health or human rights? False dichotomy could fuel a resurgence in forced HIV testing
More than three decades ago, HIV activists fought against mandatory testing. Now an old battle is finding new life.
The preventable trauma of COVID childbirth
A new global investigation has documented, in at least 45 countries, “shocking” and “unnecessary” breaches of laws and World Health Organisation...