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The CMS appeals committee ruled Medihelp can deny Elaprase therapy for a young Hunter syndrome patient, citing solvency over PMB obligations.

Keir Starmer’s 10-year NHS overhaul is designed to address rising costs and meet the challenges facing the UK’s healthcare system.

The Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) will petition the SCA after the Pretoria High Court rejected its bid for low-cost benefit options.

Discover the alarming rise of childhood obesity in South Africa and its link to lifestyle diseases and poor eating habits.

Doctors protest as the PSA demands that the KZN department of health hire all qualified, unemployed doctors to fill critical vacancies.

The US Justice Department has announced that it has halted a massive series of healthcare fraud schemes. These schemes aimed at defrauding the federal government of an estimated $14.6 billion. This has resulted in charges against hundreds of individuals across the country. In what the department has called the largest healthcare fraud initiative in its […]

USAID funding cuts could cause 14m avoidable deaths by 2030, including 4.5m children under five, warns Lancet study.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has subsided from its peak, the virus continues to circulate globally. SA experts demand vaccine access.

An alarming investigation has revealed the prevalence of substandard cancer drugs in Africa, putting patients at risk with ineffective treatments.

Young doctors, including those from the state-funded Nelson Mandela-Fidel Castro programme, are unemployed due to severe budget cuts.

Biovac secures a deal with Biological E to produce a pneumonia vaccine in Africa, promoting vaccine independence continent-wide.