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Johnson & Johnson to stop sale of talcum baby powder globally

Johnson & Johnson to stop sale of talcum baby powder globally

15 Aug 2022

Source: Reuters. A worker at Aspen Pharmacare, is seen at its Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine facility in Gqeberha.

Aspen Covid vaccine lines risk going idle as J&J orders dwindle

Promit Mukherjee and Wendell Roelf 11 Aug 2022

Influencer marketing is not only about popping champagne bottles

11 Aug 2022

Medshield encourages well-being in the workplace

Medshield encourages well-being in the workplace

Alan Fritz, Stone 11 Aug 2022

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Foreign healthcare workers benefit from updated Critical Skills List

Nivaani Moodley and Bianca Rutherfoord-Jones 10 Aug 2022

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Council for Medical Schemes recommends capping 2023 medical aid increases

Paresh Prema 10 Aug 2022

Measure your blood pressure accurately, control it, live longer!

Measure your blood pressure accurately, control it, live longer!

Stone 10 Aug 2022

What consumers need to know about Prescribed Minimum Benefits (PMBs) cover

What consumers need to know about Prescribed Minimum Benefits (PMBs) cover

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#WomensMonth: We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are

Katja Hamilton 9 Aug 2022

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Telemedicine: Modern marvel or indemnity headache?

Dr Elizabeth Meyer 8 Aug 2022

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Dr. Nivisha Parag 8 Aug 2022

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UCT opens cervical cancer screening site

5 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. A woman walks past the entrance of Mediclinic in Sandton, South Africa.

Consortium to buy Mediclinic for $4.49bn

Promit Mukherjee and Sinchita Mitra 5 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. Reuters. A healthcare worker administers the Pfizer coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine to a man, amidst the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

SA reports first death causally linked to Covid vaccine

Alexander Winning and Mark Potter 5 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. Debbie Gebhardt, chief executive officer at CheckKnowPrevent.

#WomensMonth: When it comes to breast cancer, ignorance is not bliss

Katja Hamilton 4 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. Damian McHugh executive at Momentum Health Solutions.

Predicting South Africa's healthcare of tomorrow against the backdrop of the NHI

Damian McHugh 2 Aug 2022

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Sierra Leone doctors strike over pay, fuel allowances

Umaru Fofana, Nellie Peyton and Grant McCool 2 Aug 2022

Towards a pro-breastfeeding culture in South Africa

Towards a pro-breastfeeding culture in South Africa

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 2 Aug 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners July 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners July 2022

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Health issues affecting women

Health issues affecting women

Intercare 1 Aug 2022

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Ramaphosa puts national and provincial health departments under SIU investigation

29 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied. Dr Peter Hsu, a nephrologist who practises at Netcare Milpark Hospital, was awarded his PhD following his completion of the largest known study on cardiovascular risk in chronic renal patients to date in South Africa.

Local study advances global understanding of CVD risk in renal patients

27 Jul 2022

The importance of heart health in cancer care

26 Jul 2022

Supplied. Dr Aamir Hameed, lecturer in the department of anatomy and regenerative medicine at RCSI.

New heart model to help treat patients with heart failure

26 Jul 2022

World Bank funds Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention $100m

Alexander Winning, Joe Bavier and Andrew Cawthorne. 25 Jul 2022

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CapeBio Technologies scoops prestigious award

Katja Hamilton 22 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters. South African surgeons Dr Tim Forgan and Dr Imraan Mia use a robot called DaVinci to perform delicate operations at the Tygerberg hospital in Cape Town.

Cape Town hospital uses robot at forefront of surgery in Africa

Wendell Roelf and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo 22 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters. A nurse administers the malaria vaccine to an infant at the Lumumba sub-county hospital in Kisumu, Kenya.

Vaccine group invites African states to apply for malaria shot support

Jennifer Rigby and Mark Heinrich 21 Jul 2022

Corporate wellness: Eating well in hybrid work times

Corporate wellness: Eating well in hybrid work times

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 21 Jul 2022

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Johnson & Johnson to stop sale of talcum baby powder globally

Johnson & Johnson to stop sale of talcum baby powder globally

15 Aug 2022

Source: iStock.

Sierra Leone doctors strike over pay, fuel allowances

Umaru Fofana, Nellie Peyton and Grant McCool 2 Aug 2022

Source: Reuters. A nurse administers the malaria vaccine to an infant at the Lumumba sub-county hospital in Kisumu, Kenya.

Vaccine group invites African states to apply for malaria shot support

Jennifer Rigby and Mark Heinrich 21 Jul 2022

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Africa CDC says it has signed MOU with Pfizer for Covid pill

Anait Miridzhanian, James Macharia Chege and Estelle Shirbon 12 Jul 2022

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Source: Reuters. A worker at Aspen Pharmacare, is seen at its Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine facility in Gqeberha.

Aspen Covid vaccine lines risk going idle as J&J orders dwindle

Promit Mukherjee and Wendell Roelf 11 Aug 2022

Influencer marketing is not only about popping champagne bottles

11 Aug 2022

Medshield encourages well-being in the workplace

Medshield encourages well-being in the workplace

Alan Fritz, Stone 11 Aug 2022

Image source: Edward Jenner from

Foreign healthcare workers benefit from updated Critical Skills List

Nivaani Moodley and Bianca Rutherfoord-Jones 10 Aug 2022

Source: FreePik.

Council for Medical Schemes recommends capping 2023 medical aid increases

Paresh Prema 10 Aug 2022

Measure your blood pressure accurately, control it, live longer!

Measure your blood pressure accurately, control it, live longer!

Stone 10 Aug 2022

What consumers need to know about Prescribed Minimum Benefits (PMBs) cover

What consumers need to know about Prescribed Minimum Benefits (PMBs) cover

Alan Fritz, Stone 10 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. Karen Nebe.

#WomensMonth: We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are

Katja Hamilton 9 Aug 2022

Image source: Tima Miroshnichenko from

Telemedicine: Modern marvel or indemnity headache?

Dr Elizabeth Meyer 8 Aug 2022

How do healthcare managers lead to succeed?

Dr. Nivisha Parag 8 Aug 2022

Source: Freepik.

UCT opens cervical cancer screening site

5 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. A woman walks past the entrance of Mediclinic in Sandton, South Africa.

Consortium to buy Mediclinic for $4.49bn

Promit Mukherjee and Sinchita Mitra 5 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. Reuters. A healthcare worker administers the Pfizer coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine to a man, amidst the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

SA reports first death causally linked to Covid vaccine

Alexander Winning and Mark Potter 5 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. Debbie Gebhardt, chief executive officer at CheckKnowPrevent.

#WomensMonth: When it comes to breast cancer, ignorance is not bliss

Katja Hamilton 4 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. Damian McHugh executive at Momentum Health Solutions.

Predicting South Africa's healthcare of tomorrow against the backdrop of the NHI

Damian McHugh 2 Aug 2022

Towards a pro-breastfeeding culture in South Africa

Towards a pro-breastfeeding culture in South Africa

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 2 Aug 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners July 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners July 2022

Bizcommunity.com 1 Aug 2022

Health issues affecting women

Health issues affecting women

Intercare 1 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied.

Ramaphosa puts national and provincial health departments under SIU investigation

29 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied. Dr Peter Hsu, a nephrologist who practises at Netcare Milpark Hospital, was awarded his PhD following his completion of the largest known study on cardiovascular risk in chronic renal patients to date in South Africa.

Local study advances global understanding of CVD risk in renal patients

27 Jul 2022

The importance of heart health in cancer care

26 Jul 2022

Supplied. Dr Aamir Hameed, lecturer in the department of anatomy and regenerative medicine at RCSI.

New heart model to help treat patients with heart failure

26 Jul 2022

World Bank funds Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention $100m

Alexander Winning, Joe Bavier and Andrew Cawthorne. 25 Jul 2022

Source: Twitter.

CapeBio Technologies scoops prestigious award

Katja Hamilton 22 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters. South African surgeons Dr Tim Forgan and Dr Imraan Mia use a robot called DaVinci to perform delicate operations at the Tygerberg hospital in Cape Town.

Cape Town hospital uses robot at forefront of surgery in Africa

Wendell Roelf and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo 22 Jul 2022

Corporate wellness: Eating well in hybrid work times

Corporate wellness: Eating well in hybrid work times

Association for Dietetics in South Africa 21 Jul 2022

SA's health minister tests positive for Covid-19

20 Jul 2022

Claimed pioneer of mRNA technology files patent infringement lawsuit against BioNTech

Claimed pioneer of mRNA technology files patent infringement lawsuit against BioNTech

20 Jul 2022

Bonitas on a growth trajectory

Bonitas on a growth trajectory

Bonitas 20 Jul 2022

Managing a hospital in 'apocalyptic-like' conditions

Managing a hospital in 'apocalyptic-like' conditions

Marilyn Keegan, COHSASA 20 Jul 2022

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Bio-Gate sets its sights on orthopaedics

19 Jul 2022

Source: Supplied. Dr Nivisha Parag, head of School for Healthcare Management at Regent Business School.

Innovation needed to resolve SA's health challenges

Dr Nivisha Parag 19 Jul 2022

Is healthcare accreditation worth it?

Is healthcare accreditation worth it?

COHSASA 19 Jul 2022

Byron Horn-Botha, business unit head at Arcserve Southern Africa.

Healthcare is now the industry most targeted by hackers

Byron Horn-Botha 18 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters. A health worker in protective clothing carries waste for disposal outside the isolation ward where victims of the deadly Marburg virus are treated in the northern Angolan town of Uige, File.

Ghana confirms its first outbreak of highly infectious Marburg virus

Alessandra Prentice and Nellie Peyton 18 Jul 2022

Firoze Bhorat, CMO at The Discovery Group is named the MAA 2022 Marketer of the Year Award

Discovery Group & CMO win top leadership awards at 2022 MAA

14 Jul 2022

Inaugural Clubfoot Africa Conference taking place this November

Inaugural Clubfoot Africa Conference taking place this November

MANGO-OMC 14 Jul 2022

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SA companies begin scrapping their Covid vaccine mandates

Ray Mahlaka 13 Jul 2022