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SA’s health policies should be a key election issue
South Africans can attest to the grim consequences of regressive stances on issues of public health: The disastrous HIV/Aids policies of former president Thabo...
The return of the house call in US
A relic from the medical past – the house call – is returning to favour in some US hospitals’ palliative care programmes, which are...
Debate over efficacy of stockpiled flu drug Tamiflu
Vast sums may have been wasted on a flu drug that works no better than Paracetamol, reports BBC News. The UK has spent £473m...
HIV/AIDS: SA moving to earlier treatment
It is not a matter of if SA will move to earlier HIV treatment, but when. Health-e reports that this is according to Dr...
SA ranks first in HIV incidence in the world – HSRC survey’s grim finding
With over 400, 000 new HIV infections occurring in 2012, SA ranks first in HIV incidence in the world, says an Human Sciences Research...
Rise in non-communicable disease deaths in SA
Concerns raised by a recent Statistics South Africa’s report regarding causes of death in SA, were rekindled when Liberty Group released claims statistics showing...
SA ranks first in HIV incidence in the world – HSRC survey’s grim finding
With over 400, 000 new HIV infections occurring in 2012, SA ranks first in HIV incidence in the world, says an Human Sciences Research...
Hepatitis now the number one infectious disease
Hepatitis is now the number one infectious disease killer, ahead of HIV/Aids, TB or malaria, according to data in The Lancet. Charles Gore, CEO...
WHO launches multi-million dollar Ebola plan
The worst ever Ebola outbreak has killed more than 700 people in West Africa and is moving faster than efforts to control it, the...
US lab closures signal stronger international controls
After potentially serious back-to-back laboratory accidents, US health officials temporarily closed the flu and anthrax laboratories at the Centre’s for Disease Control and Prevention...
Shortage of medical staff ‘keenly felt’ in SA
A shortage of doctors and nurses is a ‘global crisis’ that is keenly felt in SA. The Times reports that with the country annually...
Debate continues to rage over e-cigarette regulation
Whether it is rising cigarette prices or tightening smoking regulations, more people are turning to electronic cigarettes to kick the habit but the debate...
South African and United States scientists in HIV breakthrough
In an advance for HIV vaccine research, a South African- United States scientific team has discovered how the immune system makes a powerful antibody...
Radical change needed to stop initiation deaths – Rijken
As another initiation season looms, Greg Nicolson writes in the Daily Maverick that a new website is trying to improve education around the topic....