SA has accepted an offer of just over R520-million from the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria to buy the twice-a-year ...

Misinformation fuelled by US health czar Robert Kennedy Jr is creating a dangerous — and growing — lack of trust in vaccines.

Ida Jooste is a seasoned health and science journalist. She has worked in newsrooms in Durban, Johannesburg and Nairobi, winning more than 20 national and international media awards for her work. An ...

A throat ulcer. Bloody urine. A sick baby. That’s what smokers in other countries see. In South Africa? For now, it’s a tiny ...

South Africa’s HIV programme is the biggest in the world, but now it’s been cut thin, with the loss of billions in US funding. Health economists warn of a surge in new infections and deaths if South ...

The health minister has stressed the importance of improving tuberculosis treatment so as to help mitigate the drastic impact of TB-HIV co-infection.

A World Health Organisation (WHO) report released this week has some ideas on how to fight Big Tobacco’s influence machine — just as an SA Bill regulating newer tobacco products finally has reached ...

Fruit juice can have as much — or more — sugar than soda or energy drinks. But unlike those drinks, juices won’t come with a warning label under SA’s latest draft regulations for food labelling. We ...