Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile has urged urgent police and health investigations into a product called ‘scrubs’ being consumed by pupils, and warned against reckless reporting.
Gauteng Health warns residents not to share prescribed medicines, stressing storage, finishing antibiotics and consulting pharmacists to avoid harm and resistance.
Gauteng Health says low contraceptive use is linked to unintended pregnancies. Only 32.45% of eligible women accessed free contraception in the latest quarter.
Stats SA: diabetes caused 6.1% of 474,366 deaths in 2024 about 79 lives a day making it the leading cause of death ahead of TB and...
NUS–Lancet PRIME modelling finds population-based vaccine allocation could prevent 2.7m deaths in a hypothetical influenza A pandemic and confidence gains could save 1.9m more.
KwaZulu‑Natal launches Isibhedlela Kubantu outreach in eDumbe to restore falling childhood immunisation rates and deploy mobile teams to reach missed children.
The Health Department says changes in medicine colour, shape or packaging do not affect quality; supply chains monitored via the National Surveillance Centre and SVS.
The Health Department says Enalapril 5mg supplied to public facilities is safe after SAHPRA ordered a recall of certain Enalapril 10mg Arya batches.
South Africa has reported 3,462 confirmed measles cases in 2026 as unvaccinated infants rise from 12.1% in 2017 to 36.3% between Jan and Apr 2026, the...
Ervebo doses have reached the DRC for use against a Bundibugyo outbreak. WHO warns vaccines alone won’t stop intense, multi‑province transmission and regional spread.