Here are answers to 11 questions on why drug resistance and climate change are a big public health issue

A pending court complaint alleges bias after the regulator voted to block radio advertisements about the dangers of sugar

At 33, the now-retired Constitutional Court justice thought he had maybe seven years left. His story traces the arc from certain death from Aids to a chronic, manageable condition at 73

The tobacco industry is getting ready for the final showdown as the bill heads into its last rounds, pulling out its well-worn talking points on illicit trade and high taxes

A review of 37 studies found that when people stop taking weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, the weight comes back. Researcher Nomathemba Chandiwana says it’s time to start treating obesity like a chronic illness

Many moms who work as domestic workers have to make an impossible choice: keep your job or breastfeed your child, creating a cycle that a decade-old proposal could end

For some teens, emotional pain manifests as cutting, burning, hitting, biting, scratching and picking at skin, behaviour that is not to be confused with being suicidal

Bhekisisa, who have broken many of the major HIV-funding developments since January 2024, speak to Mitchell Warren, the executive director of Avac, a New York-based HIV advocacy organisation

We talked to experts in obesity, tobacco, AI, HIV, TB and the NHI to find out what we can expect — and what we can’t — this year

Twenty-five years ago, South Africans battled for ARVs to keep people alive. Now the focus has shifted to medicines that can prevent HIV altogether. Health Beat looks how the story has evolved