No cases detected in the country, but National Institute for Communicable Diseases has put systems in place
News | 27 January 2020
Results from a programme run in urban informal settlements in eThekwini look promising
News | 30 October 2019
The hospital treats 3,000 new oncology patients a year
News | 3 October 2019
While it’s too soon to be confident, a vaccine originally tested in Thailand has shown promising early results
Science | 20 September 2019
South Africa’s only tissue bank has been empty the past two months
News | 26 August 2019
“We are doing battleground medicine,” says minister
News | 8 August 2019
Cases of diarrhoea and malnutrition have dropped
News | 11 July 2019
Local man develops resistance to new TB medicine despite good adherence
Science | 10 July 2019
This follows an alarming South African study which shows that doctors and nurses are prescribing antibiotics unnecessarily
News | 30 April 2019
But public health expert expresses scepticism
News | 8 April 2019
TB killed 1.6 million people worldwide in 2017
News | 1 April 2019
MeerKAT is tuning into thousands of “radio channels” at a time
Science | 5 March 2019
R1 billion Biomedical Research Institute will be ready by 2022
Science | 15 February 2019
Pfizer expects to have testosterone injections in the country by the end of month
News | 7 February 2019
Northern Cape towns benefit from one of the world’s largest astronomy projects
Science | 24 January 2019
A massive but simple telescope is being made from wire mesh, PVC and telephone poles
Science | 24 January 2019