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Europe: Covid-19 contract-transparency ruling fails to cloud Von der Leyen's future

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Mandela Day: Gauteng's health initiative clears surgery backlog

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#EntrepreneurMonth: Environ's Dr Des, a skin care innovator for the ages

#EntrepreneurMonth: Environ's Dr Des, a skin care innovator for the ages

Lauren Hartzenberg 29 Nov 2018

The largest number of HIV-exposed but uninfected children are in South Africa. Shutterstock

Babies born to mums with HIV face higher risks even though they're HIV negative

Amy Slogrove, Kathleen M Powis & Mary-Ann Davies 29 Nov 2018

(DUREX)RED donation fights HIV/AIDS through Global Fund

(DUREX)RED donation fights HIV/AIDS through Global Fund

Durex 29 Nov 2018

The WHO recommends testing for HIV every 6 to 12 months. Shutterstock

Overcoming the real - and perceived - barriers to HIV testing

Linda-Gail Bekker 29 Nov 2018

Thabo Lekalakala.

North West health officials placed on suspension

28 Nov 2018

Mashudu Mphafudi, director in the finance & banking practice at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Private healthcare is ripe for transformation

28 Nov 2018

The future of pharmaceutical packaging

The future of pharmaceutical packaging

Pyrotec 28 Nov 2018

The life expectancy improvements in sub-Saharan Africa vary between men and women. Shutterstock

Lifestyle diseases could scupper Africa's rising life expectancy

Charles Shey Wiysonge 27 Nov 2018

Schalk van der Merwe, Rural Hand Bikes

The true cost of disabilities

Bridgit Evans 26 Nov 2018

Professor Thuli Madonsela and FMHS Dean, Professor Jimmy Volmink

Stamping out social injustice in healthcare

Florence de Vries 26 Nov 2018

Decade3D-Anatomy/Shutterstock

Surgery, not antibiotics, should remain first-line treatment for appendicitis

23 Nov 2018

Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi. Photo:GCIS

Are foreigners stealing your jobs and healthcare? Find out.

Savo Heleta, Sharon Ekambaram & Sibongile Tshabala 23 Nov 2018

#StartJLM: Reinventing healthcare... it's not as technological as you might think

#StartJLM: Reinventing healthcare... it's not as technological as you might think

Jessica Tennant 22 Nov 2018

Letaba Hospital

Tight security at medical facilities non-negotiable

22 Nov 2018

#StartJLM: The rise of the startup nation

#StartJLM: The rise of the startup nation

Jessica Tennant 22 Nov 2018

The big 3 questions on healthcare and AI

Karen Feldscher 21 Nov 2018

Estranged bedfellows: Why the private sector remains wary of universal healthcare

Estranged bedfellows: Why the private sector remains wary of universal healthcare

Joan van Dyk 21 Nov 2018

MediFin announces its Top Loyalty Partners for 2018

MediFin announces its Top Loyalty Partners for 2018

Medifin Financial Services 21 Nov 2018

Healthcare industry needs collaboration to curb fraud waste and abuse

Healthcare industry needs collaboration to curb fraud waste and abuse

20 Nov 2018

In this 2012 photo, grandmother Janet Kitheka, 63, collects her adopted “granddaughter” Lucy, 13, at the end of the school day in the yard of the Hot Courses Primary School, in the village of Nyumbani which caters to children who lost their parents to HIV, and grandparents who lost their children to HIV in Kenya.

Aspirin could help reduce HIV infections in women

Colin Graydon and Monika Kowatsch 20 Nov 2018

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Spinal implant breakthroughs are helping people with paraplegia walk again

19 Nov 2018

There already exist some promising new antibiotic therapies, and more are in the pipeline. However, our economic model prevents researchers from moving them out onto the market.
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Humanity under threat from antibiotic-resistant infections

Gerry Wright 19 Nov 2018

New drug regimen to treat lymphatic filariasis

New drug regimen to treat lymphatic filariasis

16 Nov 2018

Using the eye to "see" diseases of the brain

Using the eye to "see" diseases of the brain

16 Nov 2018

Yellow mongoose probably don’t come to mind when thinking of scavengers - but they have been found to scavenge and scatter body parts. Jonathan Pledger/Shutterstock

How scavengers can help forensic scientists identify human corpses

Victoria Gibbon 15 Nov 2018

Putting the lid on medical aid fraud

Putting the lid on medical aid fraud

Paul Midlane 14 Nov 2018

X-ray of the lungs in a 5-year-old child who has pneumonia. Shutterstock

It's time to go back to basics in the fight against childhood pneumonia

Nicole Wolter 14 Nov 2018

Minors, blood transfusions and the court

Minors, blood transfusions and the court

Donald Dinnie 13 Nov 2018

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Honoris United Universities announces two major developments

13 Nov 2018

Study: Indentifying those who die at sea

Study: Indentifying those who die at sea

12 Nov 2018

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The life expectancy improvements in sub-Saharan Africa vary between men and women. Shutterstock

Lifestyle diseases could scupper Africa's rising life expectancy

Charles Shey Wiysonge 27 Nov 2018

New drug regimen to treat lymphatic filariasis

New drug regimen to treat lymphatic filariasis

16 Nov 2018

Scientists analysing data at the South-South Malaria Research Partnership project laboratory in Kenya. Flora Mutere-Okuku

Novel approach brings African scientists closer to a malaria vaccine

Faith Osier 7 Nov 2018

There are concerns that Africa may be excluded from advances in genetic brain research. Shutterstock

Mental health genetics: African solutions for African challenges

Benyam Worku Dubale, Celia van der Merwe & Nathani 6 Nov 2018

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The WHO recommends testing for HIV every 6 to 12 months. Shutterstock

Overcoming the real - and perceived - barriers to HIV testing

Linda-Gail Bekker 29 Nov 2018

Thabo Lekalakala.

North West health officials placed on suspension

28 Nov 2018

Mashudu Mphafudi, director in the finance & banking practice at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Private healthcare is ripe for transformation

28 Nov 2018

The future of pharmaceutical packaging

The future of pharmaceutical packaging

Pyrotec 28 Nov 2018

Schalk van der Merwe, Rural Hand Bikes

The true cost of disabilities

Bridgit Evans 26 Nov 2018

Professor Thuli Madonsela and FMHS Dean, Professor Jimmy Volmink

Stamping out social injustice in healthcare

Florence de Vries 26 Nov 2018

Decade3D-Anatomy/Shutterstock

Surgery, not antibiotics, should remain first-line treatment for appendicitis

23 Nov 2018

Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi. Photo:GCIS

Are foreigners stealing your jobs and healthcare? Find out.

Savo Heleta, Sharon Ekambaram & Sibongile Tshabala 23 Nov 2018

#StartJLM: Reinventing healthcare... it's not as technological as you might think

#StartJLM: Reinventing healthcare... it's not as technological as you might think

Jessica Tennant 22 Nov 2018

Letaba Hospital

Tight security at medical facilities non-negotiable

22 Nov 2018

#StartJLM: The rise of the startup nation

#StartJLM: The rise of the startup nation

Jessica Tennant 22 Nov 2018

The big 3 questions on healthcare and AI

Karen Feldscher 21 Nov 2018

Estranged bedfellows: Why the private sector remains wary of universal healthcare

Estranged bedfellows: Why the private sector remains wary of universal healthcare

Joan van Dyk 21 Nov 2018

MediFin announces its Top Loyalty Partners for 2018

MediFin announces its Top Loyalty Partners for 2018

Medifin Financial Services 21 Nov 2018

Healthcare industry needs collaboration to curb fraud waste and abuse

Healthcare industry needs collaboration to curb fraud waste and abuse

20 Nov 2018

In this 2012 photo, grandmother Janet Kitheka, 63, collects her adopted “granddaughter” Lucy, 13, at the end of the school day in the yard of the Hot Courses Primary School, in the village of Nyumbani which caters to children who lost their parents to HIV, and grandparents who lost their children to HIV in Kenya.

Aspirin could help reduce HIV infections in women

Colin Graydon and Monika Kowatsch 20 Nov 2018

Jamani Caillet/EPFL

Spinal implant breakthroughs are helping people with paraplegia walk again

19 Nov 2018

There already exist some promising new antibiotic therapies, and more are in the pipeline. However, our economic model prevents researchers from moving them out onto the market.
(Shutterstock)

Humanity under threat from antibiotic-resistant infections

Gerry Wright 19 Nov 2018

Using the eye to "see" diseases of the brain

Using the eye to "see" diseases of the brain

16 Nov 2018

Yellow mongoose probably don’t come to mind when thinking of scavengers - but they have been found to scavenge and scatter body parts. Jonathan Pledger/Shutterstock

How scavengers can help forensic scientists identify human corpses

Victoria Gibbon 15 Nov 2018

Putting the lid on medical aid fraud

Putting the lid on medical aid fraud

Paul Midlane 14 Nov 2018

X-ray of the lungs in a 5-year-old child who has pneumonia. Shutterstock

It's time to go back to basics in the fight against childhood pneumonia

Nicole Wolter 14 Nov 2018

Minors, blood transfusions and the court

Minors, blood transfusions and the court

Donald Dinnie 13 Nov 2018

Source: Supplied

Honoris United Universities announces two major developments

13 Nov 2018

Study: Indentifying those who die at sea

Study: Indentifying those who die at sea

12 Nov 2018

A close-up of a female Anopheles arabiensis feeding. Author supplied

South Africa investigates sterilising mosquitoes in anti-malaria drive

Givemore Munhenga 9 Nov 2018

#StartupStory: Meet robotic nurse Abby

#StartupStory: Meet robotic nurse Abby

Jessica Tennant 9 Nov 2018

New technology treats brain tumour.. remotely

New technology treats brain tumour.. remotely

8 Nov 2018

Tik users’ teeth are often damaged by their habit. Shutterstock

A closer look at how crystal meth attacks gums and teeth

Sudeshni Naidoo 8 Nov 2018

First-aid training benefits community and UCT medical students

First-aid training benefits community and UCT medical students

6 Nov 2018

Zambezi Valley may soon be too hot for tsetse flies

Zambezi Valley may soon be too hot for tsetse flies

Wiida Fourie-Basson 5 Nov 2018

Surgical students battle with dexterity, thanks to screens

Surgical students battle with dexterity, thanks to screens

5 Nov 2018

10 tricky terms - Know your medical aid speak

10 tricky terms - Know your medical aid speak

Bonitas 5 Nov 2018

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi

Motsoaledi says NHI isn't being sidelined

2 Nov 2018

SU study will look at synthetic blood products

SU study will look at synthetic blood products

1 Nov 2018

Usman Yusuf. Photo: Premium Times

Head of Nigeria's NHIS placed on administrative leave

Ebuka Onyeji 1 Nov 2018