Pharmaceutical giant Adcock Ingram has announced flat annual profits despite a significant recovery in the second half of its financial year. This was buoyed by strong demand for its popular over-the-counter winter medicines. In a landmark move, the maker of household...
The chair of Parliament’s portfolio committee on health, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, has called for urgent legislative reform. This is to tackle the escalating disruptions at public health facilities by activists from Operation Dudula. The call comes as the group...
Tuberculosis (TB) remains South Africa’s most lethal infectious disease. TB deaths claimed an estimated 56,000 lives in 2023. This occurred even as the number of new infections saw a sharp decline, health officials have revealed. The stark figures highlight a growing...
The Gauteng High Court has ordered the provincial Department of Health to immediately tackle the severe oncology backlog, ruling that their appeal cannot delay life-saving treatment for cancer patients. The Gauteng High Court delivered a crucial judgment yesterday,...
While continuous glucose monitors are increasingly popular as wellness gadgets for tracking lifestyle and diet, their lack of formal regulatory oversight means many devices may not be safe or reliable for medical use. The rise of unregulated glucose monitors makes the...
