Reporters Qaanitah Hunter and Estelle Ellis offer five tips on how researchers can break into the headlines, fight misinformation and make their science count where it matters most.

As the president delays the implementation of the NHI, Health Beat examines the court and constitutional clashes blocking South Africa’s most sweeping health overhaul since 1994.

South African teenage girls and young women know alcohol leaves them ashamed, broke and hungover — but in a world where drinking signals belonging, "just say no" was never going to cut it.

Superbugs are a big public health issue. So is climate change. Put the two together and the problem becomes even bigger. (Dylan Bush) In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan tells us why superbugs and ...

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 ...

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In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan tells us what HIV has taught Edwin Cameron. Sign up for our newsletter today. It was in the spring of 1997 and Edwin Cameron looked at himself in the bathroom mirror ...

Autopsy reports show that some of the 30 initiates who died last month in the Eastern Cape were assaulted by traditional surgeons.

In today’s newsletter, Tanya Pampalone separates fact from fiction as SA enters final rounds of the Tobacco Bill. Sign up for our newsletter today. On the front lines of the Tobacco Bill battle, the ...

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 ...