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Why overwork culture is boosting the longevity economy

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New digital surgery-scheduling tool helps SA healthcare beat the clock

Haleon's Made in Mzansi campaign celebrates SA's role in manufacturing healthcare brands

Haleon's Made in Mzansi campaign celebrates SA's role in manufacturing healthcare brands

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France's Kylian Mbappé celebrates scoring their first goal in the round-of-16 Fifa World Cup match between Paraguay and France. Image credit: Reuters/Kyle Ross

How Messi, Mbappé and Haaland use their brains (as well as feet) to gain a psychological edge at the World Cup

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Congo’s Ebola outbreak spirals faster than global response

Jennifer Rigby, Aaron Ross, Olivia Le Poidevin, Clement Bonnerot and Silvia Aloisi 29 May 2026

Africa’s ‘quiet innovation’ and passion for quality offer lessons to the world, panel hears

Africa’s ‘quiet innovation’ and passion for quality offer lessons to the world, panel hears

COHSASA 29 May 2026

Cansa marks Cancer Survivors Month by focusing on life beyond treatment

Cansa marks Cancer Survivors Month by focusing on life beyond treatment

CANSA 28 May 2026

Icon Conference 2026 to spotlight innovation and the future of cancer care

Icon Conference 2026 to spotlight innovation and the future of cancer care

Icon Oncology 28 May 2026

The pharmacy surprise: Why you’re paying extra for prescriptions, and how to avoid it

The pharmacy surprise: Why you’re paying extra for prescriptions, and how to avoid it

Medshield 28 May 2026

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Spar's new radio campaign wants to end period poverty by 2030

28 May 2026

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ConCourt axes 'certificate of need' scheme from NHA

Mtho Maphumulo 27 May 2026

Caring for your skin in winter: Health conditions and what you need to know

Caring for your skin in winter: Health conditions and what you need to know

Medshield 27 May 2026

Separating fact from fiction in 2026’s most viral skincare trends

Dr Judey Pretorius 27 May 2026

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SAHPRA clamps down on unregistered weight-loss drugs

26 May 2026

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How Siv Ngesi’s MENstruation Foundation tackles period poverty

25 May 2026

WHO workers mobilised 4.7 tonnes of essential medical supplies and emergency kits to support the affected regions in response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi, Kenya. Image credit: World Health Organisation/Handout via Reuters

Gates Foundation commits $15m to Ebola response as WHO suspects 900 cases

25 May 2026

The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) African Regional Certification Commission declared South Africa polio-free in 2019. Image credit: , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

NICD detects 2 polio virus strains in Cape Town wastewater

22 May 2026

South African healthcare startup secures R15m to expand access to affordable dental care

South African healthcare startup secures R15m to expand access to affordable dental care

Edge Growth 22 May 2026

Seynabou Diop works at a station in a laboratory where the hantavirus genome was sequenced from the April 2026 outbreak, at Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal. Image credit: Reuters/Ricci Shryock

Hantavirus in Africa: why climate change, rats and weak surveillance are worrying scientists

Wolfgang Preiser, Carla Mavian, Cheryl Baxter, Richard Lessells and Tulio de Oliveira 22 May 2026

A health worker takes the temperature of a woman passing through the Kanyaruchinya checkpoint, as authorities and aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, in the northern entry into the city of Goma, North Kivu province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Image credit: Reuters/Arlette Bashizi

Stellies leads efforts to curb Ebola outbreak as WHO warns of escalation

21 May 2026

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Melanie Da Costa to take over from Dr Richard Friedland as Netcare CEO

20 May 2026

A Congolese health worker checks the temperature to screen a traveller at the Grande Barrier border following confirmation of an Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, at the border crossing point between Congo and Rwanda, in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. Image credit: Reuters/Arlette Bashizi

Cross-border Ebola threat sparks Africa CDC alert as SA urged vigilance

19 May 2026

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ConCourt declares sections of NHA inconsistent with the Constitution

19 May 2026

The future of OTC marketing lies in the recommendation moment

Michael Gullan 18 May 2026

Workers stand guard at the gate of the Kibuli Muslim Hospital, where a Congolese man died of the Ebola Bundibugyo virus in Kibuli suburb of Kampala, Uganda. Image credit: Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda triggers WHO emergency alert

Disha Mishra and Akanksha Khushi 18 May 2026

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NtryMed debuts The Ordinary-style efficacy at accessible prices in SA

Maroefah Smith 15 May 2026

A nurse draws a blood sample from a child for an HIV test at a clinic in Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg. Image credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

South Africa sets launch date for HIV prevention drug Lenacapavir rollout

14 May 2026

Global health progress at risk without stronger systems, warns WHO

Global health progress at risk without stronger systems, warns WHO

COHSASA 14 May 2026

Passengers from the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was affected by a hantavirus outbreak, arrive to take a plane to the Netherlands, at Tenerife Sur airport, Canary Islands, Spain. Image credit: Reuters/Pedro Nunes

Western Cape woman tests negative for hantavirus as WHO cases rise

Charlotte Van Campenhout and Victoria Waldersee 13 May 2026

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PCOS renamed to PMOS to improve diagnosis and care

13 May 2026

A US passenger from the cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, is instructed by personnel after disembarking a boat at the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Spain. Image credit: Reuters/Hannah McKay

SA identifies 97 contacts tied to MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak

12 May 2026

Medshield activates wellness at the Suncoast East Coast Radio Big Walk 2026

Medshield activates wellness at the Suncoast East Coast Radio Big Walk 2026

Medshield 12 May 2026

People from the cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, are transferred by boat to the port after disembarking, at the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Spain. Image credit: Reuters/Hannah McKay

Cruise evacuees face 42-day quarantine to contain hantavirus spread

Corina Pons and Victoria Waldersee 11 May 2026

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Fedhealth appoints Barry Sundelson as its new principal officer

Urban Espresso 11 May 2026

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Congo’s Ebola outbreak spirals faster than global response

Jennifer Rigby, Aaron Ross, Olivia Le Poidevin, Clement Bonnerot and Silvia Aloisi 29 May 2026

WHO workers mobilised 4.7 tonnes of essential medical supplies and emergency kits to support the affected regions in response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi, Kenya. Image credit: World Health Organisation/Handout via Reuters

Gates Foundation commits $15m to Ebola response as WHO suspects 900 cases

25 May 2026

Seynabou Diop works at a station in a laboratory where the hantavirus genome was sequenced from the April 2026 outbreak, at Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal. Image credit: Reuters/Ricci Shryock

Hantavirus in Africa: why climate change, rats and weak surveillance are worrying scientists

Wolfgang Preiser, Carla Mavian, Cheryl Baxter, Richard Lessells and Tulio de Oliveira 22 May 2026

A health worker takes the temperature of a woman passing through the Kanyaruchinya checkpoint, as authorities and aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, in the northern entry into the city of Goma, North Kivu province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Image credit: Reuters/Arlette Bashizi

Stellies leads efforts to curb Ebola outbreak as WHO warns of escalation

21 May 2026

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