More than half a million previously diagnosed people with HIV have been started on HIV treatment since the end of February, ...

Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects between 5% and 7% of schoolgoing children. But because doctors can only prescribe treatment for a month at a time, many kids in South Africa ...

As politicians, activists and researchers duke it out from labs and clinics and press conferences, those who have the most to ...

More than a quarter of South African children under the age of five are chronically malnourished. That’s bad for them, their ...

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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 ...

In the latest episode of Health Beat, we unpack the growing use of the psychedelic drug, ketamine, to treat severe depression and chronic pain. Research shows it can work quickly to improve mood, but ...

In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan explains how US President Donald Trump ordered USAID-funded HIV organisations in SA to shut down. Sign up for our newsletter today. Pepfar-funded HIV organisations in ...

In today’s newsletter, Mia Malan explains how the twice-yearly HIV prevention jab, lenacapavir, will be rolled out with or without the US. Sign up for our newsletter today. The Global Fund for HIV, TB ...