Health

Covid-19: Mother fears for disabled daughter’s life

Woman with debilitating co-morbidities lives with five people in a shack that has no toilet

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Brief | 5 June 2020

KwaMashu paramedics refuse to work until they’re tested for Covid-19

They have been told only symptomatic people would be tested, despite asymptomatic colleague testing positive

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Brief | 3 June 2020

Six die from methanol poisoning in Cape Town

Four more in a critical condition

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Brief | 2 June 2020

Private hospital sends Covid-19 patient to stretched Groote Schuur

Life Vincent Pallotti defends its decision

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News | 1 June 2020

Covid-19: The epidemic reveals the cracks in our health and welfare systems

Improving services in rural KwaZulu-Natal

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Opinion | 29 May 2020

Covid-19: What if you get sick? Advice on how to plan for it

While most people will get mild symptoms only, it is important to plan

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Information | 29 May 2020

Taking care of your mental health during a pandemic

We asked a professional for advice

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Video | 28 May 2020

Doctors and nurses down tools at Eastern Cape hospital

“People are dealing with blood. They cannot work without gloves.”

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Brief | 22 May 2020

Health department boss calls for investigation into Glenda Gray

But leading scientist comes out in defence of MRC president

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News | 22 May 2020

Here’s what the models predict about Covid-19

But beware: soothsaying has a checkered history

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Analysis | 22 May 2020

Covid-19: Groote Schuur on the brink

Hospital manager implores doctors to show up for duty

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News | 21 May 2020

Patients at Mfuleni Day Hospital get medication through the fence

“I thought they were joking” says patient

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Brief | 20 May 2020

New HIV prevention injection shown to be very effective

“Cabotegravir dosed every two months can successfully reduce HIV acquisition in at-risk MSM and transgender women”

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News | 18 May 2020

Leading SA health experts warn that Covid-19 response is hurting other health priorities

Children are suffering increasingly from preventable infectious diseases, including TB and measles, due to missed vaccinations

Linda-Gail Bekker, Valerie Mizrahi, Ntobeko Ntusi, Tom Moultrie, Tracey Naledi, Mark Hatherill, Debbie Bradshaw, Rob Dorrington, Robin Wood

Opinion | 17 May 2020

Health workers disrupt wards over lack of protection

“The Superintendent-General was here two weeks ago and he promised to deliver to the cries of the employees”

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Brief | 15 May 2020

Overcrowded Dunoon battles rising Covid-19 cases

No social distancing and health workers protest after colleagues test positive

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News | 15 May 2020