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South Africa moves to eliminate HIV threat with Lenacapavir rollout

5 Jun 2026

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

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

Medshield 4 Jun 2026

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

From hosting the world's first human heart transplant to launching Africa's first public-sector robotic surgery programme, the Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH) in Cape Town is a testament to South Africa's pioneering medical advancements. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

#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

1 Jun 2026

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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

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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

Source: Reuters.

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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