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Fruit juice can have as much — or more — sugar than soda or energy drinks. But unlike those drinks, juices won’t come with a warning label under SA’s latest draft regulations for food labelling. We ...
Elon Musk admitted to using it for depression, Friends actor Matthew Perry died from using too much of it and in South Africa, some ketamine healthcare providers are serving it up irresponsibly. So ...
More than half a million previously diagnosed people with HIV have been started on HIV treatment since the end of February, the health minister says. But can a big jump in 10 weeks really be? We look ...
Professor Renata Schoeman is a Cape Town-based psychiatrist and the co-author of South Africa’s <a href=" target="_blank" ...
In today’s newsletter, Tanya Pampalone explains the data gap Trump left. Sign up for our newsletter today. “Picture the patient walking into the facility. The first person who greets them is the data ...
It's been two decades since the denialism war was won in South Africa. Now HIV scientists and government are pitted against each other once again, with one side saying the health minister is in denial ...
The health department is convinced that all US government funding for HIV and TB projects in SA will end by September 30. The department has calculated that it needs R2.82-billion to plug the gap for ...
A modelling study released in March gives a clue at which price the six-monthly anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir, would be worth the health department’s while.; The health department needs to step in, as the ...
The Global Fund for HIV, TB and Malaria says it will fund the roll-out of the twice-yearly anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir, for poorer countries, including South Africa, with or without the help of the US ...
In today’s newsletter, Linda Pretorius looks at how much money South Africa would need to fund the NHI. Sign up for our newsletter today. Medical aid costs too much, said Health Minister Aaron ...
Reaction from health experts in South Africa . With the help of HIV activists, Bhekisisa is gathering responses to the Trump administration’s abrupt cuts of USAID-funded HIV projects.The common theme?