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A woman receiving an oral cholera vaccine in Beira, Mozambique. Celeste Mac-Arthur

Cyclone Idai is over - but its health effects will be felt for a long time

Kerrigan McCarthy & Lucille Blumberg 15 Apr 2019

Did the Health Professions Council trade cash for qualifications?

Did the Health Professions Council trade cash for qualifications?

Roxy de Villiers 5 Apr 2019

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Ask Dr Google. The pros and cons of online diagnosis

1 Apr 2019

New HIV infections continue to drive the epidemic. Shutterstock

Why ending HIV still rests on a working cure - as well as prevention

Linda-Gail Bekker 29 Mar 2019

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), shown here as tiny purple spheres, causes the disease known as AIDS. Mark Ellisman and Tom Deerinck, National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research

A cure for HIV? Feasible but not yet realised

Allison Webel 8 Mar 2019

Photo: Kim Cloete

Community-wide HIV prevention strategy can reduce new infections

Kim Cloete 5 Mar 2019

Post-surgical death stats higher than TB, malaria & HiV combined

Post-surgical death stats higher than TB, malaria & HiV combined

7 Feb 2019

Salty and fatty foods are driving up obesity. Shutterstock

Weighing up the costs of treating lifestyle diseases in South Africa

7 Feb 2019

Personalised medicine aims to tailor treatment according to each person’s genetic makeup. Shutterstock

Why African countries need to give genomic research a major boost

Lamech Mwapagha 30 Jan 2019

Yale scientists examine how an immune system protein helps suppress HIV

Yale scientists examine how an immune system protein helps suppress HIV

Ziba Kashef 23 Jan 2019

10 biggest threats to global health

10 biggest threats to global health

15 Jan 2019

While women in sub-Saharan Africa live longer than men, many of these extra years are lived in poor health. Shutterstock

People in Africa live longer. But their health is poor in those extra years

Charles Shey Wiysonge 20 Dec 2018

#BestofBiz 2018: Healthcare

#BestofBiz 2018: Healthcare

18 Dec 2018

PrEP pills. Bowonpat Sakaew/Shutterstock

Stop blaming PrEP for the rise in STIs - the picture is more complex than that

Oli Stevens & Charles Witzel 11 Dec 2018

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