A hotter Earth is a threat to human health. It means more floods, droughts and heatwaves, which in turn make many diseases spread faster. Higher temperatures also exacerbate air pollution, resulting ...

In today’s newsletter, Tanya Pampalone tells us why we need our educators to better understand how to work with disabilities. Sign up for our newsletter today. COMMENT My son, Nkosi, started high ...

While we’ve been arguing about the merits of electronic cigarettes as “safer” alternatives to tobacco and the fantastical ...

Richard van Zyl-Smit is a pulmonologist and professor of pulmonology in the department of medicine at the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital. He is also a principal investigator at UCT ...

This week, the High Court ruled that blocking foreigners from healthcare is unconstitutional. So why does the National Health Insurance Act say that’s what we should do when it comes to HIV services?

Over the past 10 years, researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand analysed small tissue samples of 1 586 children ...

The signing of the National Health Insurance Bill on Wednesday doesn’t necessarily guarantee that it will become law, especially if the ANC loses power. A law expert says a new government may decide ...

Although taxpayer money now funds the bulk of South Africa’s HIV programme, getting to the point where we have the largest HIV treatment programme in the world, would not have been possible without ...

In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan asks who in SA should get LEN first. Sign up for our newsletter today. One in ten clinics in South Africa — across 22 health districts in six provinces — could start ...

In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan gives us the latest updates on lenacapavir, directly from UNGA 80 in New York. Sign up for our newsletter today. That price is about the same as what it costs to stop ...

In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan tells us more about how SA will roll out LEN. Sign up for our newsletter today. The health department plans to make the twice-a-year anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir, ...