News
Food, Water & Energy Security
The science of starvation: this is what happens to your body when it’s deprived of food
Ola Anabtawi and Berta Valente 12 Aug 2025
Public Health
The global health system can build back better after US aid cuts – here’s how
Jonathan E. Cohen 8 Aug 2025
Aesthetic Medicine
Scroll, watch, burn: sunscreen misinformation and its real‑world damage
Rachael Kent 23 Jul 2025
Employee Wellness
Is workplace stress a trigger for substance abuse, and how can employers help?
Issued by Harmony Clinic 14 Jul 2025
Higher Education
Wits scrambles to lessen fallout from Trump’s funding cuts
Aisling de Lange 21 May 2025
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology
Tiny technology that can find pollution in South Africa’s water and trap it
Philiswa Nomngongo 6 May 2025
Healthcare
Why is it so difficult to make a new antibiotic?
Alistair Farley and Helen Smith 22 Apr 2025
Noncommunicable diseases
Preventing and managing chronic kidney disease, by Medshield
Issued by Stone 15 Apr 2025
Noncommunicable diseases
Medshield unpacks the good, the bad and the necessary of cholesterol
Issued by Stone 31 Mar 2025
Medical Research
#HumanRightsMonth: NIH's potential funding cut threatens South African medical research
19 Mar 2025
Education & Training
Changing systems to reduce obesity in SA
Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 4 Mar 2025
Healthcare
Africa relies too heavily on foreign aid for health – 4 ways to fix this
Francisca Mutapi 25 Feb 2025
Environment & Natural Resources
Bad gift ideas: Ferrets and other exotic wild mammals as pets
Public Health
Mpox outbreak in Africa was neglected – it could now turn into the next global pandemic
21 Aug 2024
Fashion & Homeware
#WomensMonth: Michaella Menin, founder of Myboombra, chats career pivots and the “Super Mom" myth
Ruth Cooper 14 Aug 2024
Pharmaceuticals
Supreme Court rejects settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma
Jonathan Lipson 28 Jun 2024
Circular Economy & Waste Management
Gold mine pollution is poisoning Soweto’s water and soil – study finds food gardens are at risk
Lesego Khomo 28 May 2024
Agriculture
Heat is coming for our crops. We have to make them ready
Mohan Singh and Prem Bhalla 21 May 2024
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Caesarean births: SA’s rates are too high – they can be dangerous for mothers and babies
Priya Soma-Pillay and Andre van Niekerk 7 May 2024
Environment & Natural Resources
Planting trees in grasslands won't save the planet – rather protect and restore forests
Susanne Vetter 22 Apr 2024
