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Momentum Investments: Forecasting SA’s economic path pre- and post-elections

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#AfricaMonth: Exploring bioplastics as a sustainable and health-conscious solutionKatja Hamilton

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Defective medical devices and implants can cause harm: How to claim compensation

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Dr Folake Olayinka

Nigeria: Political will and investment in immunisation are critical elements for a healthy future

Dr Folake Olayinka 10 Apr 2018

WHO offers regional support in listeriosis crisis

WHO offers regional support in listeriosis crisis

10 Apr 2018

An ethical dilemma for doctors: When is it OK to prescribe opioids?

An ethical dilemma for doctors: When is it OK to prescribe opioids?

Travis N Rieder 9 Apr 2018

Professor Mkhululi Lukhele, acting head of department, Gauteng Health

Department promises extra vigilance on mental health NGOs

9 Apr 2018

Winners of #MySchool20 campaign announced

Winners of #MySchool20 campaign announced

9 Apr 2018

SU involved in developing predictive TB blood test

SU involved in developing predictive TB blood test

6 Apr 2018

Digital is the way to go for hospitals

Digital is the way to go for hospitals

Peter Mills 6 Apr 2018

Clicks opens 500th pharmacy

Clicks opens 500th pharmacy

6 Apr 2018

Ummy Mwalimu, Tanzanian health, community development, gender, elderly and children minister

Few cancer cases make it to hospital in Tanzania

Syriacus Buguzi 5 Apr 2018

Dr Caradee Wright, senior specialist scientist at the South African Medical Research Council

Climate change and its affect on healthcare systems

5 Apr 2018

Researchers say use of artificial intelligence in medicine raises ethical questions

Researchers say use of artificial intelligence in medicine raises ethical questions

Patricia Hannon 4 Apr 2018

South Africa has a health workforce in crisis. Photo: Nic Bothma/EPA

Better health services rest on building trust among healthcare workers

Veloshnee Govender 4 Apr 2018

Westbury Clinic

Clinic scoops global design award

3 Apr 2018

How innovation can contribute to food and nutrition security

How innovation can contribute to food and nutrition security

Mologadi Makwela 3 Apr 2018

Professor Quinette Louw

Most patients with low back pain get the wrong treatment - study

3 Apr 2018

is a Somali psychotherapist, writer, specialist on female genital mutilation (FGM) and gender rights, and lead campaigner working to end violence against women and girls.

It's time to stop tiptoeing around FGM, says Leyla Hussein

Danette Breitenbach 2 Apr 2018

Study: Immune history effects flu vaccine efficiency

Study: Immune history effects flu vaccine efficiency

29 Mar 2018

Netcare pulls out of the UK market

Netcare pulls out of the UK market

29 Mar 2018

Professor Reinout Meijboom, head of the Department of Chemistry and Professor Marianne Cronjé, head of the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Johannesburg

Treating cancer with silver-based drugs is showing promising results

28 Mar 2018

Study: Antibiotic resistance is growing in low- and middle-income countries

Study: Antibiotic resistance is growing in low- and middle-income countries

28 Mar 2018

Rainbow Chicken polony cleared of deadly listeria bacteria

Rainbow Chicken polony cleared of deadly listeria bacteria

Katharine Child 28 Mar 2018

New clinical skills training centre aims to improve quality and safety

New clinical skills training centre aims to improve quality and safety

Nicci Botha 27 Mar 2018

Former Gauteng health MEC, Qedani Mahlangu. Photo: Oupa Nkosi

#LifeEsidimeni: In six weeks we'll know if Qedani Mahlangu will be prosecuted

Mia Malan 26 Mar 2018

Sama: #Life Esidimini is a serious indictment on government

Sama: #Life Esidimini is a serious indictment on government

23 Mar 2018

Entrance to the International Hospital Kampala in Uganda

IHK meets international standards a second time around

Marilyn Keegan and Nancy Akullo, COHSASA 23 Mar 2018

Big Tobacco is funding the anti-smoking lobby - but leaked documents reveal the real reason why

Andrew Rowell 23 Mar 2018

#WorldTBDay: Rise in drug-resistant TB

#WorldTBDay: Rise in drug-resistant TB

22 Mar 2018

Listeriosis: Food safety expert highlights need for clear government regulations

Listeriosis: Food safety expert highlights need for clear government regulations

Michael Acott 22 Mar 2018

Photo: MGH Institute of Health Professions

Lives at risk as Murchison Hospital in KwaZulu-Natal continues to operate

Neels Blom 20 Mar 2018

Cathie Webb, South Africa Payroll Association executive

NHI: Where has the money gone?

20 Mar 2018

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An ethical dilemma for doctors: When is it OK to prescribe opioids?

An ethical dilemma for doctors: When is it OK to prescribe opioids?

Travis N Rieder 9 Apr 2018

Professor Mkhululi Lukhele, acting head of department, Gauteng Health

Department promises extra vigilance on mental health NGOs

9 Apr 2018

Winners of #MySchool20 campaign announced

Winners of #MySchool20 campaign announced

9 Apr 2018

SU involved in developing predictive TB blood test

SU involved in developing predictive TB blood test

6 Apr 2018

Digital is the way to go for hospitals

Digital is the way to go for hospitals

Peter Mills 6 Apr 2018

Clicks opens 500th pharmacy

Clicks opens 500th pharmacy

6 Apr 2018

Ummy Mwalimu, Tanzanian health, community development, gender, elderly and children minister

Few cancer cases make it to hospital in Tanzania

Syriacus Buguzi 5 Apr 2018

Dr Caradee Wright, senior specialist scientist at the South African Medical Research Council

Climate change and its affect on healthcare systems

5 Apr 2018

Researchers say use of artificial intelligence in medicine raises ethical questions

Researchers say use of artificial intelligence in medicine raises ethical questions

Patricia Hannon 4 Apr 2018

South Africa has a health workforce in crisis. Photo: Nic Bothma/EPA

Better health services rest on building trust among healthcare workers

Veloshnee Govender 4 Apr 2018

Westbury Clinic

Clinic scoops global design award

3 Apr 2018

How innovation can contribute to food and nutrition security

How innovation can contribute to food and nutrition security

Mologadi Makwela 3 Apr 2018

Professor Quinette Louw

Most patients with low back pain get the wrong treatment - study

3 Apr 2018

is a Somali psychotherapist, writer, specialist on female genital mutilation (FGM) and gender rights, and lead campaigner working to end violence against women and girls.

It's time to stop tiptoeing around FGM, says Leyla Hussein

Danette Breitenbach 2 Apr 2018

Study: Immune history effects flu vaccine efficiency

Study: Immune history effects flu vaccine efficiency

29 Mar 2018

Netcare pulls out of the UK market

Netcare pulls out of the UK market

29 Mar 2018

Professor Reinout Meijboom, head of the Department of Chemistry and Professor Marianne Cronjé, head of the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Johannesburg

Treating cancer with silver-based drugs is showing promising results

28 Mar 2018

Study: Antibiotic resistance is growing in low- and middle-income countries

Study: Antibiotic resistance is growing in low- and middle-income countries

28 Mar 2018

Rainbow Chicken polony cleared of deadly listeria bacteria

Rainbow Chicken polony cleared of deadly listeria bacteria

Katharine Child 28 Mar 2018

New clinical skills training centre aims to improve quality and safety

New clinical skills training centre aims to improve quality and safety

Nicci Botha 27 Mar 2018

Former Gauteng health MEC, Qedani Mahlangu. Photo: Oupa Nkosi

#LifeEsidimeni: In six weeks we'll know if Qedani Mahlangu will be prosecuted

Mia Malan 26 Mar 2018

Sama: #Life Esidimini is a serious indictment on government

Sama: #Life Esidimini is a serious indictment on government

23 Mar 2018

Entrance to the International Hospital Kampala in Uganda

IHK meets international standards a second time around

Marilyn Keegan and Nancy Akullo, COHSASA 23 Mar 2018

Big Tobacco is funding the anti-smoking lobby - but leaked documents reveal the real reason why

Andrew Rowell 23 Mar 2018

#WorldTBDay: Rise in drug-resistant TB

#WorldTBDay: Rise in drug-resistant TB

22 Mar 2018

Listeriosis: Food safety expert highlights need for clear government regulations

Listeriosis: Food safety expert highlights need for clear government regulations

Michael Acott 22 Mar 2018

Photo: MGH Institute of Health Professions

Lives at risk as Murchison Hospital in KwaZulu-Natal continues to operate

Neels Blom 20 Mar 2018

Cathie Webb, South Africa Payroll Association executive

NHI: Where has the money gone?

20 Mar 2018

#LifeEsidimeni victims' families awarded R1.2m

#LifeEsidimeni victims' families awarded R1.2m

19 Mar 2018

Dr Richard Friedland, CEO: Netcare

Competition Tribunal gives the green light for Netcare/Akeso deal

19 Mar 2018

Explainer: what's behind the rabies outbreak in South Africa

Explainer: what's behind the rabies outbreak in South Africa

16 Mar 2018

Expert calls for co-operation in listeriosis probe

Expert calls for co-operation in listeriosis probe

16 Mar 2018

ATM pharmacy dispenses in under three minutes

ATM pharmacy dispenses in under three minutes

15 Mar 2018

Massive measles vaccination campaign underway in Somalia

Massive measles vaccination campaign underway in Somalia

15 Mar 2018

Photo: Shutterstock

Understanding Africa's diverse gene pool can help fight lifestyle diseases

Michèle Ramsay 14 Mar 2018

Stadio set to train doctors, engineers

Stadio set to train doctors, engineers

Marc Hasenfuss 14 Mar 2018

A lab sample of the bacteria listeria monocytogene that causes listeriosis.

What led to world's worst listeriosis outbreak in South Africa

13 Mar 2018

Gerhard van Emmenis, principal officer of Bonitas Medical Fund

VAT increase won't impact on medical aid contributions

12 Mar 2018

Partnership beefs up veterinary services across Africa, Asia and Middle East to tackle animal disease

Partnership beefs up veterinary services across Africa, Asia and Middle East to tackle animal disease

12 Mar 2018

Chris Sutherland, managing director of Farmovs, Prof Francis Petersen, rector and vice-chancellor, and Dr Glen Taylor, senior director of research developement. Photo: Johan Roux

UFS acquires clinical research company

12 Mar 2018

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