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GMO babies: Inside the bad science that sent a Chinese scientist to prison.
He Jiankui’s failed gene-edited baby experiment proves we're not ready for human embryo modification.
Why over-treating malaria in Africa is a problem, and how it can be stopped
Malaria medication is being accidentally wasted on other conditions.
Khwezi speaks: ‘I did not do it to win. I was just fighting for...
In a new book, Redi Tlhabi reveals the woman behind the pseudonym and the price she paid for pursuing justice after accusing Jacob Zuma of rape.
Malawi’s sick prisons: Inmates go hungry as budgets dwindle and food prices soar
As a food crisis unfolds in the country, prisons lack money to purchase even simple food stuffs such as maize flour and beans.
What will it take to end Aids by 2030?
Scientific advances mean nothing if people are too ashamed and feel too judged to seek them out.
Broken minds need community care
The high cost of treatment makes mental healthcare inaccessible to those using public health services.
Inequality didn’t rise from hell: It’s man-made — and there’s nothing like a pandemic...
Why do pandemics such as Aids not automatically end when we have the medicine to control them? Because they play out in a world where inequality frequently prevents drugs from reaching the people who need it most, writes Mia Malan.
We’re launching new medical schools but will we have jobs for their graduates?
The future of South Africa's doctors rests on provincial purses.
Karoo dust, diet & diabetes: Why ‘lifestyle disease’ is an unfair label
Diabetes is different from other non-communicable diseases, this author says. It can’t be spread in a literal sense — instead, it is often forced upon people by factors beyond their control. What happens when you have no say on your genetics or all you can afford is processed food?
A plastic sheet can save 70 000 lives a year — here’s how
Every year, about 14-million women lose so much blood during childbirth that they could die; about 70 000 do. The condition is called postpartum haemorrhage — but it can be prevented if nurses and midwives know what to look for and can act in time. Health workers from a hospital in Kenya write about how a new treatment approach has saved lives in their labour ward.
How to fix South Africa’s backlog in COVID-19 tests
The COVID-19 outbreak has overwhelmed our laboratories. Many labs can no longer deliver results within 24 hours and for some, these times have stretched up to 14 days. Is it time to South Africa to rethink its testing strategy?
Who should get the COVID-19 vaccine first in South Africa?
Now that the world has its first effective COVID jabs, the next challenge we have to tackle is who gets them? Here’s why the public could be key to answering this complex question in South Africa.
Finding an HIV vaccine: Five lessons from the search for a COVID jab
The COVID pandemic has revealed that vaccine development and testing timelines can be shrunk from decades to months. But not without its shortcomings. Here’s a look at what lessons we can learn from the search for a COVID jab.
South Africa may not have enough doctors to fight COVID-19. But we could be...
South Africa will need more healthcare workers if cases of the new coronavirus mount. Here's how the country could add thousands in just a matter of weeks.
HIV fight requires wisdom
The health minister and UNAids are jumping the gun by not consulting activists.
Camp closure is next health crisis
Sending Dadaab's refugees back to Somalia will become the next health emergency.