MEDICAL MILESTONE SA firm takes major step towards developing oral cholera vaccine 4 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
SPOTLIGHT US suspends billions in funding for SA clinical research after new foreign grants policy 6 min 0 By Jesse Copelyn
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED Surprising new study reveals alarming HIV death rates, challenging official statistics in South Africa 6 min 0 By Chris Bateman for Spotlight
SPOTLIGHT Inside SA Medical Research Council’s race to rescue health research amid US aid cuts 6 min 2 By Catherine Tomlinson for Spotlight
TRUMP 2.0 ‘Assault on science’ — SA researchers warn that US funding cuts hinder global medical advancement 5 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
SCIENCE MATTERS Medical advice: In a world awash with misinformation, who do you trust? 3 min 0 By Iza Trengove
BHEKISISA Snake Park community battles health crisis amid mining's toxic legacy 3 min 0 By Bhekisisa team
SPOTLIGHT US funding cuts imperil African search for HIV vaccine 7 min 0 By Catherine Tomlinson for Spotlight
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE ‘Outdated’ policing, lack of state funding render GBV training for SAPS officers redundant, say NGOs, experts 6 min 0 By Nicola Amon
SPOTLIGHT Glenda Gray’s fierce fight for science, the Covid-19 ruckus, and the bathroom row about HIV drugs 6 min 2 By Biénne Huisman for Spotlight
GENOMIC PUZZLE How rare genetic mutation that allows South Africans to control HIV could revolutionise viral medicine 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
SPOTLIGHT Humanist with an unblinking gaze — Prof Ntobeko Ntusi takes point at SA Medical Research Council 6 min 2 By Biénne Huisman for Spotlight
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 29 APRIL — 3 MAY This week — Cancer patients march for treatment, critical role of grandmothers and Workers’ Day 4 min 1 By Takudzwa Pongweni
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED Budget 2024 fails to address poverty-related health issues and inspire NHI trust - SAMRC 9 min 0 By SAMRC researchers
THE SCIENCE REBEL Glenda Gray, the tiny yellow elephant and the search for lifesaving vaccines 8 min 0 By Ufrieda Ho
SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW Lambasting Mbeki, sidestepping Mandela… and a dose of empathy – outgoing health ombud Malegapuru Makgoba on a storied career 8 min 1 By Biénne Huisman
BURDEN OF ILLNESS ‘You can taste the metal’ – dust from recycler is making us sick and nobody’s listening, say East Rand shack dwellers 6 min 3 By Naledi Sikhakhane
BHEKISISA CENTRE FOR HEALTH JOURNALISM Inside South Africa’s mRNA hub – what it looks like and how it works 10 min 0 By Linda Pretorius and Mia Malan
E-CIGARETTES Long-awaited move to regulate vaping gets thumbs-up from health scientists, but leaves industry fuming 5 min 1 By Victoria O’Regan
