Countries

A thriving black market for medicines has emerged in Joburg

A thriving black market for unauthorised medicines has grown up in Johannesburg. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro By Kimberly Mutandiro Immigrants... Read more

31 Mar

Countries

Fears grow that US may pull funding for South African medical research

Researchers funded by the US National Institutes of Health are bracing for the worst, after rumours circulated that the... Read more

19 Mar

Countries

KZN Health denies medicine shortage in the province

Cape Town — The Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN) Department of Health has maintained that, while some patients have been turned... Read more

14 Feb

Countries

SIU want to recover R33m in Cuban medical company deal with Defence Dept

Cape Town — The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has uncovered an alleged procurement of irregularities in the South African... Read more

29 Jan

Countries

Health department to take medical approach to heroin crisis

Staff at TB HIV Care provide methadone at a drop-in centre in central Cape Town. Archive photo: David Harrison... Read more

15 Nov, 2024

Technology

Samsung to buy French medical AI firm Sonio

Seoul — South Korean tech giant Samsung said Wednesday it will buy French artificial intelligence (AI) company Sonio to... Read more

8 May, 2024

Technology

Study shows ChatGPT diagnoses ER patients ‘like a human doctor’

The Hague — Artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT diagnosed patients rushed to emergency at least as well as doctors and... Read more

14 Sep, 2023

Countries

OPINION | SA’s traditional medicines should be used in modern health care

Zelna Booth, University of the Witwatersrand Traditional medicines are part of the cultural heritage of many Africans. About 80%... Read more

30 Aug, 2023

News

UN sounds alarm on trafficked medicines in the Sahel

Dakar – Up to 50 percent of medicines in West Africa are substandard or fake, the UN warned Tuesday... Read more

1 Feb, 2023

World

Conjoined twins separated with help of virtual reality in Brazil

Rio de Janeiro – Conjoined twins born in Brazil with a fused head and brain have been separated in... Read more

2 Aug, 2022