Women who had just given birth in Eastern Cape hospitals had to sleep on cold floors and benches because of a bed shortage, the Commission for Gender Equality told the Portfolio Committee on Health ...

The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has issued an alert to healthcare professionals of the risk of angioedema during treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) ...

The row over Gauteng Emergency Medical Services (EMS) staff contracts and overtime is unresolved, with 21 people being charged and facing disciplinary action, reports The Citizen. The dispute is ...

The National Department of Health has admitted that it hasn’t conducted an oversight visit in Cuba for four years – this as shocking conditions have been described by South African students on the ...

Merck has announced that it will no longer manufacture or market the antibacterial combination drug Recarbrio as “part of an ongoing review of its portfolio and unrelated to any product safety or ...

A baby boy has broken the birthweight records at Life Beacon Bay Hospital in KuGompo (East London), tipping the scales at 6.37kg when he was born on 20 September, and smashing  the facility’s previous ...

A senior member of Congo’s ruling party was killed in a beating after taking part in a radio programme to raise awareness about the Ebola outbreak, reports Reuters – this as infections rise to more ...

The FDA has approved tiratricol (Emcitate) to treat peripheral thyrotoxicosis in patients with monocarboxylate transporter 8 (MCT8) deficiency, the agency announced last week, marking the first ...

Kenya confirmed its first Ebola case on Tuesday after a Kenyan citizen who had travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo died in Nairobi, making it the fourth country to record an infection ...

A jury in America found Yale New Haven Hospital negligent after an 85-year-old woman was left blind after a 2019 surgery, awarding her a payout of $15.1m, reports WTNH News8. Lioudmila Pylev, then 78, ...