At a pivotal juncture in the country’s fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus, when the rate of infections is almost at a peak and healthcare workers’ cries for...South Africa
Despite the coronavirus plateaus in three provinces and dexamethasone dramatically improving ICU survival rates, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has warned that South...SA Provincial Health
Angry health-care workers have blamed shortages of quality personal protective equipment (PPE) for the death of at least eight doctors from COVID-19 in Gauteng public...SA Provincial Health
A security guard has been injured and a R6m hospital building in northern KwaZulu-Natal burnt to the ground, allegedly to protest the hospital being used as a COVID-19...SA Provincial Health
Despite Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane giving Eastern Cape Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba a glowing performance review, saying her successes have been shadowed by...South Africa
Demand for the leaves of Artemisia afra – also known as lengana, uMhlonyane, African wormwood, and Wilde Als in South Africa – has soared as South Africans seek it...Weekly Roundup
South Africa’s biggest private hospital groups have obtained supplies of Indian drug manufacturer Cipla’s cut-price generic version of the coronavirus drug...Research Africa
Preliminary results from a large study COVID-19 patients in South Africa indicate that HIV and TB have a modest effect on mortality, lead scientists Professor...
August 5th, 2020President Cyril Ramaphosa's administration is scrambling to deal with a wave of national outrage over evidence of billions of rands of corruption and looting of COVID-19...
Modifying 12 risk factors from childhood to late life could delay or prevent 40% of dementia cases, according to a Lancet Commission analysis of best evidence.
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