The Health Ombud has cleared workplace bullying, victimisation and poor working conditions of being the direct cause of six recent deaths among healthcare professionals in KwaZulu-Natal,...
South Africa has recorded 2,476 laboratory-confirmed measles cases between 29 December 2025 and 21 June 2026, and health authorities are stepping up vaccination and surveillance measures...
Gauteng’s Department of Health has surpassed its provincial target for the new HIV prevention injection Lenacapavir, initiating 6,130 eligible clients between 8 June and the end...
According to IOL, growing privacy concerns and perceived judgement are driving many young South Africans away from public healthcare clinics and toward private pharmacies and online...
Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Health has adopted the motion of desirability for the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill, a procedural step that moves...
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi told Parliament that lenacapavir does not cause HIV, cancer or other diseases and described the drug’s side effects as generally mild...
Gauteng will begin offering Lenacapavir, a six‑monthly injectable for HIV prevention, at 133 health facilities as part of a national expansion of prevention services. The provincial...
South Africans are right to feel like this winter’s flu is hitting harder, according to The Citizen. Health data and clinicians say influenza arrived earlier than...
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has detected two polio virus strains VDPV3 and nOPV2-L in wastewater sampled from a treatment plant in Cape Town,...
What happened The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) detected two polio virus strains VDPV3 and nOPV2-L in wastewater samples from a treatment plant in Cape...