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Many elite athletes live with health impacts long after they retire. Should they carry all the costs?Hoani Smith, Dion Enari, and Phil Borell

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Is SA workplace culture making you ill? Survey finds it’s not to be sneezed at

8 Jun 2026

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NHI Act: Pending legal challenges that could alter SA's healthcare system

Neil Kirby and Helen Michael 8 Jun 2026

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South Africa moves to eliminate HIV threat with Lenacapavir rollout

5 Jun 2026

LeadUP Podcast launches Season 6 with business growth insights from UP alumnus Christopher Williams

LeadUP Podcast launches Season 6 with business growth insights from UP alumnus Christopher Williams

University of Pretoria 5 Jun 2026

South African Men’s Health 101: Know your health numbers

South African Men’s Health 101: Know your health numbers

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How a Covid lockdown phone call sparked a local biotech triumph

How a Covid lockdown phone call sparked a local biotech triumph

Cape Chamber 4 Jun 2026

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The doctors who trained AI are now losing patients to it

Harshit Jain 4 Jun 2026

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Alma PrimeX’s non-surgical body contouring has arrived in Cape Town

3 Jun 2026

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#SAPHEX2026: Insights into South Africa’s evolving healthcare landscape

Christopher Perumal 3 Jun 2026

A health worker is dressed up in personal protective equipment (PPE) at the Evangelical Medical Centre as agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Image credit: Reuters/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

CEPI's $60m speeds up race to develop Ebola Bundibugyo vaccine

Jennifer Rigby, Mariam Sunny and Julie Steenhuysen 2 Jun 2026

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Liberty’s 2025 claims hit R12.63bn — but young adult deaths surge 15%

1 Jun 2026

PayJustNow partners with Medicross offering BNPL options

PayJustNow partners with Medicross offering BNPL options

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HIV in South Africa: why rolling out a groundbreaking new shot will miss a critical group of men

Paul Bowen and Rajen Govender 1 Jun 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

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

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A health worker is dressed up in personal protective equipment (PPE) at the Evangelical Medical Centre as agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Image credit: Reuters/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

CEPI's $60m speeds up race to develop Ebola Bundibugyo vaccine

Jennifer Rigby, Mariam Sunny and Julie Steenhuysen 2 Jun 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

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