In a significant stride for public health and national sovereignty, South Africa has officially launched clinical trials for its first locally manufactured oral cholera vaccine. The...
Health authorities in KwaZulu-Natal are issuing an urgent plea to residents following the confirmation of a third human rabies death in the province this year. The...
For two decades, South Africa has been waging a war on two fronts: against the twin epidemics of HIV and Tuberculosis. It’s been a gruelling fight,...
South Africa’s controversial National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme has hit another legal hurdle, with business lobby group Sakeliga launching fresh court action to stop what it...
Community rallies behind suspended cardiologist A storm is brewing outside Life Westville Hospital in Durban, where patients, nurses, and civil society groups have taken to the...
It’s International Thyroid Awareness Week and health experts say South Africans can’t afford to ignore the signs anymore. Thyroid cancer may not be a household name...
The Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) has issued a strong warning to residents about the dangers of untreated high blood pressure, calling it a “silent killer”...
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has pushed back against claims that South Africa’s HIV/AIDS response is collapsing, despite a major funding withdrawal by the United States...
South Africa remains determined to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) as a public health threat—even after the US froze critical funding that supported HIV and TB programs. Deputy...
The Department of Health has urged the public to remain vigilant after confirming three new Mpox cases in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg. The latest cases involve...