Botswana declares public health emergency as medicines run out
Gaborone – Botswana declared a public health emergency on Monday after hospitals ran out of essential medicines due to... Read more
26 Aug
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
