Hantavirus spreading from one person to another is very rare and has only been confirmed with the Andes Hantavirus in parts of the Americas. When it happens, it is usually between people who have had ...

For the first time, South Africa has a near-real-time view of diabetes control with a new Diabetes dashboard, featuring lab data refreshed every 48 hours.

These products can lead to severe headaches, dizziness, dangerously low blood pressure, and complications when using sex pills.

Every month, 65-year-old Joseph Ntshala* visits Finetown Clinic in the south of Johannesburg to collect his hypertension medication. And at every visit, he has to prepare to spend the whole day at the ...

The recent heavy rains and associated flooding further exacerbated malaria efforts in several countries recovering from the 2025 upsurges.

Malaria-transmitting mosquitoes don’t occur in Gauteng, thus people infected with malaria cannot pass the disease on to others.

Within SADC, Tanzania confirms resistance to key treatments, raising concerns about the rise of drug-resistant malaria in Zambia and Namibia.

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