New research shows a steep decline in adolescent pregnancy rates across all nine provinces from 2021 to 2025, reversing ...

The uptake of the once-every-six-month HIV prevention jab lenacapavir (LEN) in South Africa will be heavily affected by the ...

Experts say South Africa's contradictory approach to drugs — treating addiction as both a disease and a crime — is fuelling a ...

As South Africa's climate warms, the air is changing — and the effects are landing directly in people's lungs. Here's what reporters need to know. (Themba Hadebe/Associated Press) In today’s ...

South Africa’s first shipment of LEN has arrived. Mia Malan tells us more in today’s newsletter. Sign up. South Africa’s first consignment of the twice-a-year anti-HIV injection, lenacapavir — 37 920 ...

In today’s newsletter, Ida Jooste asks “is a R60 TB test better or just cheaper?”. Sign up for our newsletter today. A patient arrives at a clinic with a cough that has lingered for weeks. The nurse ...

In today’s newsletter, Linda Pretorius explains the numbers behind what LEN can do for SA. Sign up for our newsletter today. South Africa’s first batch of the once-every-six-months HIV prevention shot ...

In today’s newsletter, Anna-Maria van Niekerk asks “what’s happening with the NHI?”. Sign up for our newsletter today. At the end of February, Ramaphosa announced that he will not promulgate any part ...

Making alcohol more expensive, researchers have found, is one of the most effective tools available to reduce drinking. The World Health Organisation’s Safer initiative, which was launched in 2018, ...

In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan introduces us to a “conflict of interest”. Sign up for our newsletter today. The public service announcement that aired on Radio Sonder Grense, the Afrikaans arm of ...

In today’s newsletter, Tanya Pampalone tells us why chronic disease needs chronic treatment. Sign up for our newsletter today. A study about weight loss medications that was published in the British ...