KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu has demanded answers from Nkonjeni Hospital's management in Mahlabathini and a contracted security company after a nurse...South Africa
South Africa’s medicines regulator and the police have warned the public that marketing and selling cannabis products remains illegal, except for specific conditions...SA Provincial Health
Gauteng hospitals are in such bad condition that it will cost about R6bn to make them compliant with the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Democratic Alliance...SA Provincial Health
KwaZulu-Natal Health is investigating yet another allegation of negligence after an object thought to be part of a needle was left in a man’s jaw when he was operated...Oncology
Breast cancer could be detected up to five years before there are any clinical signs of it, using a blood test that identifies the body’s immune response to...Medico-Legal
A recent judgment involving Gauteng Health opens the door "a bit further" to the compensation ordered in medical malpractice claims to be in the form of services...HIV/AIDS
Syringe exchange programmes established in Philadelphia and Baltimore prevented a total of 12,483 new cases of HIV over a 10-year period, according to a study published...
November 6th, 2019
An Australian research review, tracking over 232,000 people for up to 35 years, found that running for as little as 50 minutes a week can significantly lower the risk...
Too many older adults readmitted to hospitals with same infections they took home. However, a University of Michigan study found that a disproportionately high number...Infectious Diseases
Final results from M72/AS01E candidate vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) announced at the TB Science Conference, Hyderabad, India. Scientists from the South African...
