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Facebook urged to curb anti-vaccination posts
Facebook could finally be curbing its spread of false information on the danger of vaccinations. A Sunday Times report says that the anti-vaxxer movement...
Stellenbosch builds Africa-focused biomedical research centre
Stellenbosch University has started building a new Biomedical Research Institute which will investigate diseases that have the greatest impact on South Africa and the...
Western Cape Health embarks on HPV vaccination drive
The Western Cape Health Department is vaccinating 9-year-old girls in public schools against the human papilloma-virus which has been linked to cervical cancer. According...
Number of suicide deaths increased since 1990
The total number of deaths from suicide increased by 6.7% globally between 1990 and 2016 to 817,000 deaths in 2016, finds a study. However,...
Motsoaledi says he is 'highly distressed' over unpaid junior doctors
Health Minister DR Aaron Motsoaledi says in an Eyewitness News report that he is disappointed and highly distressed that some interns and doctors who...
Poorer African nations rank high in disease-fighting league table, but SA languishes
African countries with modest national incomes are outperforming some richer nations on the continent in the fight against diseases of poverty known as neglected...
Confusion over Ramaphosa's NHI remarks in his SONA address
President Cyril Ramaphosa created confusion with a remark about the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) during his State of the Nation address, health experts...
Mismanagement sees entire team removed from NHI pilot hospital
Shocking mismanagement at Tshilidzini Hospital has prompted Limpopo Health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba to remove the facility's entire management team, Health e-News reports. The...
Cape Town nursing college students protest over safety issues
Students are protesting outside the Western Cape Nursing College in Klipfontein Road, Cape Town, attempting to bar management from entering the premises. Groundup reports...
CMS to be probed for maladministration and corruption
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is poised to launch an investigation into possible maladministration and corruption at the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) and...