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SA draft medical labelling regulations
Comment is sought within three months on draft general medicine regulations with potentially significant implications for: labelling medicines intended for human use; making related...
FDA expands use of Opdivo to include urothelial carcinoma
The US Food and Drug Administration has expanded the use of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co's Opdivo to include treatment of urothelial carcinoma, the most common...
SA students prefer to self-test for HIV
South African students, who make up one of the highest sexually active groups in society, would rather self-test at home for HIV than go...
Disaster medicine researcher sentenced to death in Iran
A researcher studying disaster medicine at two European institutes has been sentenced to death in Iran, apparently for security-related offences.
Science Mag reports that Iranian-born...
SA's radical plan to tackle HIV in sex workers
A three-year SA initiative promises to reach 70,000 sex workers through 1,000 peer educators, reports Al Jazeera.
In the shadow of an underpass, wearing a black...
KZN Health 'saddened' by doctor's and nurse's deaths
KwaZulu-Natal Health said it was saddened by the deaths of a Cuban-trained doctor, as well as a trainee nurse who committed suicide, in separate...
Sugar tax could make SA a world leader in obesity prevention – WHO
South Africa could prevent almost half-a-million deaths over 40 years by introducing its proposed tax on sugary drinks, according to the World Health Organisation...
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention launched
Friday 31 January marked the launch of Africa’s continent-wide public health agency, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), which will...
EC hospital to investigate patient 'suicide'
The Eastern Cape’s Livingstone Hospital management has started its own investigation into the death of Zanoxolo Mbeki, 29, who fell from a ward on...
New acting CEO and registrar for CMS
An acting CEO and registrar for theCouncil for Medical Schemes has been appointed by Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi‚ followin the sudden death of the'...