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Health Dept. assures SA there is "no immediate risk" of Nipah virus

Infectious Diseases

Health Dept. assures SA there is "no immediate risk" of Nipah virus

3 hours

Malls unite to showcase the Your Cancer Counts campaign

Exhibitions & Events

Malls unite to showcase the Your Cancer Counts campaign

Issued by Taryn Louch Creative 28 May 2025

Why your flu shot matters this winter

Public Health

Why your flu shot matters this winter

Issued by Stone 20 May 2025

Source: Photo by Derrick Sumpter Jr on Unsplash.

Healthcare

Nationwide crackdown: 200,000 spaza shops targeted in urgent health safety audit

Katja Hamilton 29 Nov 2024

Gauteng Health MEC laments poor Ekurhuleni spaza food safety standards

SMEs

Gauteng Health MEC laments poor Ekurhuleni spaza food safety standards

4 Nov 2024

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Public Health

Death of 6 Soweto children linked to Terbufos

28 Oct 2024

Listeriosis: Daily Maverick details the growing case against Tiger Brands

Media

Listeriosis: Daily Maverick details the growing case against Tiger Brands

Issued by Daily Maverick 9 Sep 2024

NHI

From queues to convenience: how technology is making healthcare more efficient

5 Sep 2024

Public Health

Health Department: Mpox under control, stay vigilant

21 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Bada Pharasi, chief executive officer of the Innovative Pharmaceutical Association of South Africa (Ipasa).

Healthcare

Research and innovation key to safeguarding SA’s health resiliency

27 Jun 2024

Healthcare

1 Mpox fatality, 4 in recovery

13 Jun 2024

Covid-19

No new Covid-19 variant, claims Health

13 May 2024

Ogilvy Health leverages the power of data to launch South Africa’s first patient-led cancer registry

Oncology

Ogilvy Health leverages the power of data to launch South Africa’s first patient-led cancer registry

Issued by Ogilvy South Africa 26 Feb 2024

Source: Supplied. Ogilvy Health world team.

Oncology

Ogilvy Health champions South Africa's first patient-led cancer registry

26 Feb 2024

Source: © 123rf The Health Department has applauded NICD And SAHPRA`s decision to recall contaminated health product - Sterile Lubricating Jelly

Healthcare

Health Department applauds recall of contaminated health product

21 Dec 2023

Covid-19

Latest stats spark urgent $45m long Covid response

27 Sep 2023

Winter is coming: Severe flu season likely to boost South Africa's cough, cold and flu industry

Public Health

Winter is coming: Severe flu season likely to boost South Africa's cough, cold and flu industry

Issued by Insight Survey 16 Aug 2023

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Circular Economy & Waste Management

Several initiatives to address pollution of rivers

7 Jul 2023

Image source: Jean-Paul CHASSENET –

Paediatrics

RSV on the rise, hospitals urged to prepare for paediatric admissions

23 Mar 2023

Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Public Health

Vaccination drive hits Western Cape amidst growing measles outbreak in SA

27 Feb 2023

Source: DynaMedex.

Public Health

SA measles outbreak of concern, NICD warns as case surge hits 80% worldwide

Katja Hamilton 13 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Britain and South Africa agree health partnership on second day of state visit

Alistair Smout 25 Nov 2022

Public Health

Second monkeypox case detected in the Western Cape

16 Aug 2022

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

South Africa confirms third monkeypox case in tourist from Switzerland

Alexander Winning, Bhargav Acharya and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo 12 Jul 2022

Source: Freepik.

Public Health

South Africa confirms its first case of monkeypox

23 Jun 2022

Source: Supplied.

Public Health

Influenza cases on the rise in South Africa

9 Jun 2022

Clean drinking water: Discharging raw sewage into rivers and dams is a national security issue

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Clean drinking water: Discharging raw sewage into rivers and dams is a national security issue

Professor Anthony Turton 28 Mar 2022

Covid-19

Mediclinic SA puts mandatory vaccinations on ice

Katja Hamilton 23 Feb 2022

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Travel

EU travel ban lifted

12 Jan 2022

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Travel

USA to lift southern Africa travel ban

29 Dec 2021

Source: REUTERS

Covid-19

SA reports record daily Covid-19 cases as Omicron spreads

16 Dec 2021

Healthcare

HFA hits back amid PCR-test price storm

Katja Hamilton 15 Dec 2021

African Union calls for rescinding of travel bans

Travel

African Union calls for rescinding of travel bans

9 Dec 2021

Public Health

Eastern Cape dog-rabies outbreak is "disastrous"

9 Dec 2021

Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Covid-19

SA health body sees threefold higher risk of reinfection from Omicron

Promit Mukherjee 3 Dec 2021

Covid-19

Omicron gets around some, not all immunity

2 Dec 2021

Source: Reuters/Sumaya Hisham

Covid-19

Omicron explained: Why scientists are worried

Alistair Smout, Alexander Winning, Tim Cocks, Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo, Stephanie Nebehay 28 Nov 2021

Source:© supplied Prof Lucille Blumberg

Covid-19

Infectious diseases expert, Prof Blumberg, joins Right to Care

9 Nov 2021

Source: ©Wits University Prof Shabir Madhi

Covid-19

Madhi recognised for educating public about Covid-19

25 Oct 2021

Source: ©xie fei

Covid-19

Medscheme data shows effect of Covid-19 vaccination

7 Oct 2021

Regulatory

Alcohol sales restrictions lift as SA moves to Level 1

1 Oct 2021

Source: ©Elvira Koneva

Covid-19

Compulsory Covid-19 vaccines?

28 Sep 2021

Source: ©niyazz

Specialties

Equity call for rare diseases healthcare

8 Sep 2021

A child gets a dose of the oral polio vaccine. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images

Infectious Diseases

It's been a year since Africa was declared polio free. But a threat remains

Wayne Howard & Melinda Suchard 27 Aug 2021

Deputy President David Mabuza

Covid-19

Negotiations for Sputnik, Sinovac vaccines at advanced stage

17 Jun 2021

How South Africa is tracking adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines

Covid-19

How South Africa is tracking adverse reactions to Covid-19 vaccines

24 May 2021

Calls to restrict alcohol sales disregard state of the SA economy - Salba

FMCG

Calls to restrict alcohol sales disregard state of the SA economy - Salba

21 May 2021

People with HIV are still dying from a treatable, but neglected, disease: all it needs is a plan

HIV/AIDS

People with HIV are still dying from a treatable, but neglected, disease: all it needs is a plan

Gilles van Cutsem 17 May 2021

The WHO recommends that TB prevalence surveys be done in high burden countries. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Tuberculosis

First ever national survey shows the extent of South Africa's TB problem

Emily B Wong & Alison Grant 15 Mar 2021