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Health & Safety

Ex-miners urged to register for social benefits programme

14 Jul 2025

Source: Pexels.

Healthcare

The ripple effects of South Africa's cannabis food ban on the international stage

Katja Hamilton 14 Mar 2025

Source: Supplied.

Healthcare

Blood types decoded: How they impact emergency care

3 Mar 2025

Liver health matters, by Medshield

Public Health

Liver health matters, by Medshield

Issued by Stone 28 Jun 2024

Healthcare

Navigating prescription medication cover and formulary tiers in South Africa

22 Apr 2024

Healthcare

Reimagining SA's healthcare

6 Jul 2022

Recognising the bedrock of the global healthcare system

Nursing

Recognising the bedrock of the global healthcare system

12 May 2022

Source: Supplied

Covid-19

Bayer launches Covid relief fund

14 Dec 2021

Source: ©Daniel Ernst

Banking

Capitec needs-based credit solution gives consumers up to R250,000

24 Nov 2021

Source: © Dmitry Kalinovsky

Medtech

Medtech sector key to SA's economic recovery

2 Nov 2021

Source: ©Andriy Popov

Covid-19

Covid-19 diabetic patients risk similar to patients without diabetes

14 Oct 2021

Magazines ABC Q2 2021: Lift off for magazines

Magazines

Magazines ABC Q2 2021: Lift off for magazines

Danette Breitenbach 12 Aug 2021

Dr Janet Byaruhanga

Pharmaceuticals

Why can't Africa manufacture the medicines it needs?

Janet Byaruhanga 28 Sep 2020

Normal blood cells (left) and the blood cells in sickle cell disease, which do not flow through the circulatory system smoothly. Credit: Darryl Leja, NHGRI (CC BY 2.0)

Medical Research

UCT professor's research offers hope of treatment for sickle cell anaemia

Elsabé Brits 3 Sep 2020

Covid-19

SA's first Covid-19 vaccine trial starts

23 Jun 2020

Countries can be better prepared and respond faster to disease outbreaks if public health data is shared more freely. Shutterstock

Medical Research

Sharing data can help prevent public health emergencies in Africa

Moses John Bockarie 8 Jul 2019

Source: Merck Foundation

Oncology

Merck Foundation continues training oncologists in Africa to combat emerging cancer crisis

9 May 2018

Call for climate change health funding

Food Crisis

Call for climate change health funding

30 Oct 2017

#LifeEsidimeni: How good people come to do very bad things

Mental health

#LifeEsidimeni: How good people come to do very bad things

Laura Lopez Gonzalez 20 Oct 2017

$#SustainabilityMonth: Tariff increases reveal fractures in SA medical aid model$

Medical Aid

#SustainabilityMonth: Tariff increases reveal fractures in SA medical aid model

10 Oct 2016

Merck is sponsoring an oncology fellowship at the University of Nairobi

Oncology

New fellowship to strengthen cancer care in Africa

11 Jul 2016

Exhibitions & Events

Outbreak Control and Prevention Africa Conference coming in April

12 Feb 2015

Sport

CSA announces player release details

28 Jan 2009

Tuberculosis

New TB drugs in the pipeline

Issued by Simeka TWS Communications 8 Nov 2007

Media

Cape Argus writer lifts premier Science and Technology award for the second time

Issued by FCB Redline 4 Mar 2004