November 20th, 2019
With sporadic and violent xenophobic attacks in South Africa making global and local headlines, the medical sector is also experiencing this worrying phenomenon, writes...
Stellenbosch University and UNITAID have signed a $ 18.9m grant agreement to develop child-friendly treatments and preventive therapy for treating multidrug-resistant...News Release
Following the success of the inaugural South African Health Excellence Awards in 2018, Clinix Health Group in partnership with the South African Clinician Scientists’...
October 9th, 2019
The ministers of Health and Economic Development hit back at Health Market Inquiry findings blaming the government for “inadequate stewardship” of the private...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a criminal probe into the recent spike in vaping-related illnesses, which has jumped to 530, health authorities...Medico-Legal
Western Cape Health has appealed to the Constitutional Court to overturn a Labour Court victory of 50 doctors that forced the department to pay them R28m in backdated...
August 21st, 2019The battle lines are drawn between the naysayers and supporters of National Health Insurance after the Bill was introduced to Parliament over a week ago, writes...
Tuberculosis incidence in sub-Saharan Africa is falling too slowly to meet global targets of an 80% reduction by 2030, and where incidence is falling, the decline is...Infectious Diseases
A large clinical trial to assess treatments for preventing people at high risk from developing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has begun. The study is...Weekly Roundup
A number of universities are rolling out critical antiretroviral therapy (ART) medication to their students living with HIV, according to a Mail & Guardian report....
