South African Health News
OP-ED | Men are dying by suicide – Why are so many still suffering in silence?
Health-e News OP-ED | Men are dying by suicide – Why are so many still suffering in silence? When I started working on an article about...
Big Tech push for AI in healthcare prompts calls for caution
The role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the healthcare sector is expanding rapidly globally – with the US, especially, speeding up efforts to embed the technology...
Asbestos-linked death finally triggers action from Limpopo Health
Residents of Mafefe village in Limpopo are being screened for asbestos-related illnesses as government moves to address contamination from abandoned mines that closed more than 30...
Judge dismisses compounding pharmacy's appeal
A High Court application by compounding pharmacy iDexis for leave to appeal against an interim order prohibiting it from making medicines containing semaglutide has been dismissed,...
New TB vaccines could prevent 7.3m deaths worldwide by 2050 – Gavi
The new TB vaccines expected to become available from 2029 could save more than 7m lives over a decade, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, said this week,...
Stats SA defends data after scepticism over unvaccinated babies
Stats SA has defended its population data, which the National Department of Health said last week may have skewed its estimates of childhood vaccination coverage –...
International Health News
Andy Burnham urged to set dementia waiting-time target
An 18‑week referral‑to‑treatment target has been backed by England's former national cancer director.
'Inspirational' 97-year- old wing walker gives back to hospital ward
The world's oldest female wing-walker has delivered a cheque to the hospital where she was treated.
New hope for breast cancer patients as life-extending drug now on NHS in England
Enhertu, which can give patients an extra seven months to live on average, has been prescribed in Scotland for more than two years and is available.
The Deadlifting Grandma: 'I'm a world champion'
Martine Barons, 65, has three world titles under her belt after only starting weightlifting in 2024.
'My mother apologised': A survivor's journey after genital mutilation
Sara Kahsai was 29 when she found out she had FGM as a baby.
Cancer patient told she will get drug which could make her life longer
Patients in England with an incurable breast cancer can now access a life-extending drug on the NHS, two years after it was deemed too expensive by...