ISRAEL/PALESTINE CRISIS UN and NGOs join calls for humanitarian ceasefire and release of hostages in Gaza 3 min 0 By An Wentzel
LABEL RULES What’s eating us? Health department reviews public submissions on food label regulations 7 min 5 By Adèle Sulcas
BEYOND THE PALE New global push to protect women from health hazards of ‘whiter skin’ creams 5 min 0 By Tony Carnie
ALCOHOLIC NATION OP-ED Zero percent: SA government fails to fulfil its commitments to regulate alcohol abuse 6 min 2 By Maurice Smithers
ALCOHOL HARM REDUCTION OP-ED Collaboration with the alcohol industry is key to combating irresponsible booze consumption 3 min 0 By Patricia Pillay and Justin Kissinger
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS Cabinet blames Israel for Gaza hospital air strike and calls for ICC action against ‘Palestinian holocaust’ 3 min 21 By Victoria O’Regan
REVENUE SWEETENER OP-ED An increase in the sugar tax will boost SA’s ailing economy 4 min 2 By Nzama Mbalati
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS Health system at ‘breaking point’ and 'humanitarian catastrophe' loading in besieged Gaza Strip, WHO warns 5 min 15 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
ROLLING BLACKOUTS OP-ED The ongoing energy crisis is affecting our mental health, already fragile after Covid 4 min 0 By Maria Marchetti-Mercer
DEATH VS PROFIT OP-ED How a Big Pharma company stalled a potentially life-saving vaccine in pursuit of profits 14 min 0 By Anna Maria Barry-Jester from ProPublica
PANDEMIC PROCUREMENT OP-ED Analysis finds SA was bullied into one-sided, imperial and immoral Covid-19 vaccine contracts 11 min 30 By Multi Stakeholder Group
ILL-GOTTEN GRAINS OP-ED South Africa can show BRICS leadership with a new sugar approach 4 min 3 By Nzama Mbalati
WOMEN’S RIGHTS OP-ED Women with disabilities need better access to maternal, sexual and reproductive health services 5 min 1 By Zara Trafford and Xanthe Hunt
CORONAVIRUS ‘Spike in infections’: WHO declares new Covid variant – but no evidence yet of increase in severity 3 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
TREATMENT EQUITY OP-ED TB prevention programmes need to catch up with the strides made in worldwide HIV prevention 4 min 0 By Violet Chihota
CHOKING PLANET Red alerts issued as wildfires in Greece force thousands to flee, blazes continue in Italy, Spain, Switzerland 4 min 2 By An Wentzel
SUFFERING COMPOUNDED Collusion to exclude Long Covid - the long history of energy-limiting disability denial by insurance firms 7 min 3 By Sam Pearce
TB OR NOT TB OP-ED National TB Indaba reveals way forward for retaking control of tuberculosis after Covid-19 setbacks 6 min 0 By Norbert Ndjeka and Yogan Pillay
SPOTLIGHT New report paints grim but incomplete picture of cancer in South Africa 7 min 0 By Ufrieda Ho
DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OP-ED HIV testing is changing in South Africa – here’s why it’s a good thing 6 min 0 By René Sparks
