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Unicef staff and airport workers receive an aircraft carrying medical supplies as authorities and aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain at Bunia National Airport in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Image credit: Reuters/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

Infectious Diseases

Deadliest Ebola outbreak in Congo gets 70k Merck vaccine boost

2 days

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

Infectious Diseases

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

19 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

Infectious Diseases

Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda triggers WHO emergency alert

Disha Mishra and Akanksha Khushi 18 May 2026

Nutricia recalls baby formula from Clicks and Dis-Chem shelves

Nutrition

Nutricia recalls baby formula from Clicks and Dis-Chem shelves

11 Mar 2026

When to stop Googling and call the vet: Expert advice on pet allergies from dotsure.co.za

Wellness

When to stop Googling and call the vet: Expert advice on pet allergies from dotsure.co.za

Issued by dotsure.co.za 16 Feb 2026

GLP-1 uncovers link between weight loss and wellness

Pharmaceuticals

GLP-1 uncovers link between weight loss and wellness

11 Feb 2026

How to handle medical emergencies: What every family should know

Medical Aid

How to handle medical emergencies: What every family should know

Issued by Medshield 28 May 2025

Paediatrics

South African caregivers urged to stop use of recalled Nestlé NAN

13 Jan 2026

Image credit: on Pexels

Paediatrics

SAHPRA demands recall of children’s immune boosters with zinc picolinate

12 Jan 2026

A Swiss flag flutters on the headquarters of Nestle in Vevey, Switzerland, November 25, 2024. Reuters/Denis Balibouse/File Photo.

Health & Safety

Nestlé widens infant formula recall to Africa, the Americas and Asia

Alexander Marrow 8 Jan 2026

Image credit: Kim Kardashian/X

Neurology

Kim Kardashian’s brain aneurysm diagnosis: What it means and who is most at risk

Adam Taylor 31 Oct 2025

Image credit: Rin Owen on Dupe Photos

Pharmaceuticals

Is Ozempic the answer to obesity or a risky quick fix?

5 Aug 2025

"Education is key to prevention. We urge patients, caregivers, schools, and healthcare professionals to be allergy-aware." Image supplied.

Emergency Medicine

#WorldAllergyWeek2025: Why you need to be allergy-aware

30 Jun 2025

Scientists at the University of Pretoria have found that fresh vegetables are being contaminated by disease-causing bacteria through irrigation from polluted rivers and boreholes. Photos: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Food, Water & Energy Security

South Africa’s polluted rivers pose food contamination risk

Steve Kretzmann 26 May 2025

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

Uganda declares end to latest ebola outbreak

Elias Biryabarema 28 Apr 2025

Source: AstraZeneca.

Covid-19

AstraZeneca admits to rare Covid-19 vaccine side effects in legal filing

30 Apr 2024

Healthcare

Sahpra issues urgent recall of Benylin Paediatric Syrup over fatal toxicity concerns

15 Apr 2024

More peanut butter brands recalled

FMCG

More peanut butter brands recalled

12 Feb 2024

Tips for storage, safety, and food handling in hot weather

FMCG

Tips for storage, safety, and food handling in hot weather

19 Dec 2023

Parents in tears over terrible conditions at school for disabled children

Early Childhood Development

Parents in tears over terrible conditions at school for disabled children

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 9 Nov 2023

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Public Health

South Africa remains Nipah-free as virus claims lives in India

21 Sep 2023

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Health & Social Welfare

Pesticides are harming Nigeria: it's time to update the law

Jane Ezirigwe 31 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

WHO says contaminated cough syrup sold in Cameroon

Leroy Leo 20 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Pharmaceuticals

Grieving Gambian families take govt to court over mishandling of cough syrup

Edward McAllister 14 Jul 2023

Public Health

Cholera outbreak claims four lives in Free State, death toll reaches 47

6 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

South Africa's cholera death toll reaches 43

28 Jun 2023

Source: Daktaridudu/Wikimedia Commons)

Public Health

Namibia declares outbreak of Crimean-Congo fever after patient dies

Nyasha Nyaungwa 25 May 2023

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

South Africans blame City of Tshwane as cholera cases rise

Catherine Schenck 23 May 2023

Public Health

Tanzania detects its first-ever cases of the highly fatal Marburg viral disease

Elias Biryabarema 22 Mar 2023

Source: © Andriy Popov 123rf

Specialties

One-of-a-kind virtual medical centre launches in Cape Town

27 Feb 2023

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

South Africa reports first death due to cholera as cases rise to five

24 Feb 2023

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

Ebola vaccine candidates arrive in Uganda for trials

8 Dec 2022

Workers from public sector unions affiliated to three federations marched to the National Treasury in Tshwane on Tuesday demanding that the government revise its 3% wage increase. Photo: Chris Gilili / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Public sector workers call on government to return to negotiating table

Chris Gilili, Thamsanqa Mbovane and Joseph Chirume 23 Nov 2022

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

Vaccine trials on Sudan Ebola strain to start in weeks - WHO chief

Elias Biryabarema 14 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attends a news conference.

Public Health

Ebola kills doctor in Uganda, first health worker killed in latest outbreak

Elias Biryabarema 3 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. Ugandan health workers speak to members of the community before carrying out the first vaccination exercise against the ebola virus in Kirembo village.

Healthcare

Uganda says Ebola caseload rises to 16 as outbreak grows

Elias Biryabarema 27 Sep 2022

Public Health

Uganda declares Ebola outbreak after Sudan strain found

Elias Biryabarema 21 Sep 2022

Source: public health image library/CDC (public domain).

Public Health

Child infected with Marburg virus dies in Ghana

Wendell Roelf 20 Sep 2022

Public Health

Dozens of child deaths prompt Gambia to suspend paracetamol syrup sales

Pap Saine 14 Sep 2022

Healthcare

Chest pain and respiratory complaints top EMS call-out list

13 Sep 2022

Source: Reuters. A health worker in protective clothing carries waste for disposal outside the isolation ward where victims of the deadly Marburg virus are treated in the northern Angolan town of Uige, File.

Infectious Diseases

Ghana confirms its first outbreak of highly infectious Marburg virus

Alessandra Prentice and Nellie Peyton 18 Jul 2022

Wellness

Cannabis Clinics opens online medical cannabis platform

24 Jun 2022

International Childhood Cancer Day drives better access to care for children and adolescents with cancer

Oncology

International Childhood Cancer Day drives better access to care for children and adolescents with cancer

Issued by Icon Oncology 15 Feb 2022

Healthcare

International Childhood Cancer Day: Driving better access to care

14 Feb 2022