Medical ResearchNobel prize awarded for discovery of immune system’s ‘security guards’Tracy Hussell 7 Oct 2025
Public HealthVaccines and motherhood: Are AI-generated health messages working in Kenya and Nigeria?Yewande O. Addie 8 Oct 2025
Hospital GroupsParacetamol, pregnancy and autism: what the science really showsDipa Kamdar 25 Sep 2025
MarketingThe ‘anxiety economy’ is booming. But should companies be profiting from our fears?Paul Harrison 18 Sep 2025
Food, Water & Energy SecurityHunger among South African students: study shows those studying remotely need financial aid for foodAngelo Fynn 16 Sep 2025
Medical ResearchBreast cancer: new study finds genetic risk in African womenMahtaab Hayat and Jean-Tristan Brandenburg 5 Sep 2025
Circular Economy & Waste ManagementPlastic microbeads: great in your face wash, bad in your food – how South Africa’s ban can work betterAnusha Rajkaran and Conrad Sparks 25 Aug 2025
Aesthetic MedicineFrom clear skin to detoxing, chlorophyll and collagen supplements promise a lot, but what does the science say?Dan Baumgardt 26 Aug 2025
Food, Water & Energy SecurityThe science of starvation: this is what happens to your body when it’s deprived of foodOla Anabtawi and Berta Valente 12 Aug 2025
Public HealthThe global health system can build back better after US aid cuts – here’s howJonathan E. Cohen 8 Aug 2025
Aesthetic MedicineFrom raw garlic cloves to cayenne pepper: why ‘natural’ DIY skincare can leave you burnt, itchy – or worseAdam Taylor 5 Aug 2025
Aesthetic MedicineScroll, watch, burn: sunscreen misinformation and its real‑world damageRachael Kent 23 Jul 2025
MiningAfrica’s minerals are being bartered for security: why it’s a bad ideaHanri Mostert and Tracy-Lynn Field 22 Jul 2025
Employee WellnessIs workplace stress a trigger for substance abuse, and how can employers help?Issued by Harmony Clinic 14 Jul 2025
Higher EducationWits scrambles to lessen fallout from Trump’s funding cutsAisling de Lange 21 May 2025
Infrastructure, Innovation & TechnologyTiny technology that can find pollution in South Africa’s water and trap itPhiliswa Nomngongo 6 May 2025
HealthcareWhy is it so difficult to make a new antibiotic?Alistair Farley and Helen Smith 22 Apr 2025
HealthcareAfrica’s healthcare funding crisis: 3 strategies to manage deadly diseasesFrancisca Mutap 24 Apr 2025
Noncommunicable diseasesPreventing and managing chronic kidney disease, by MedshieldIssued by Stone 15 Apr 2025
HealthcareLiving with multiple chronic conditions cuts lives short – but Africans are overlooked in researchIsaac Kisiangani, Michele Ramsay, and Michelle Kamp 8 Apr 2025
HealthcareSugary drinks are a killer: a 20% tax would save lives and rands in South AfricaSusan Goldstein 4 Apr 2025
Noncommunicable diseasesMedshield unpacks the good, the bad and the necessary of cholesterolIssued by Stone 31 Mar 2025
Medical Research#HumanRightsMonth: NIH's potential funding cut threatens South African medical research19 Mar 2025
Education & TrainingChanging systems to reduce obesity in SAIssued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 4 Mar 2025
HealthcareAfrica relies too heavily on foreign aid for health – 4 ways to fix thisFrancisca Mutapi 25 Feb 2025
Health & Safety#MiningIndaba: Minerals Council says Trump funding freeze won’t affect mine HIV treatmentLindsey Schutters 5 Feb 2025
Mental healthHealing trauma and building resilience: The role of art therapy in early childhood educationNadia Lubowski 21 Jan 2025
HIV/AIDSVaccines can put an end to HIV – African governments must take the lead in developing themGlenda Gray and Asa Tapley 2 Jan 2025
Mental healthMental health and motherhood: South Africa now has treatment guidelines, the trick will be to make them workSimone Honikman, Saleha Suleman and Donela Besada 30 Dec 2024
Environment & Natural ResourcesBad gift ideas: Ferrets and other exotic wild mammals as petsNdivhuwo Shivambu, Colleen T. Downs and Tinyiko C. Shivambu 23 Dec 2024
AgricultureCOP29: AI can help develop climate-resistant crops for Africa – but it shouldn’t be left in the hands of corporatesMuhammad Nakhooda 4 Nov 2024
Public HealthMpox outbreak in Africa was neglected – it could now turn into the next global pandemic21 Aug 2024
Fashion & Homeware#WomensMonth: Michaella Menin, founder of Myboombra, chats career pivots and the “Super Mom" mythRuth Cooper 14 Aug 2024
HIV/AIDSHIV drug trial shows injection twice-yearly 100% effective against infectionLinda-Gail Bekker 5 Jul 2024
PharmaceuticalsSupreme Court rejects settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue PharmaJonathan Lipson 28 Jun 2024
Circular Economy & Waste ManagementGold mine pollution is poisoning Soweto’s water and soil – study finds food gardens are at riskLesego Khomo 28 May 2024