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People must use common sense says health department as mask mandate deadline approaches

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Our focus should shift to preventing deaths and being ready for future health crises, say experts

More than 7-million expired Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines could be wasted by July

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Vaccine hesitancy, corruption, and conspiracy theories and disinformation slow down uptake of Covid-19 vaccines

Terminally ill children suffer from neglect, say health experts

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Many of these children die without any palliative support and experience unnecessary discomfort and pain, unless an overburdened NGO steps in.

Family details four-year-old’s battle with agonising neuroblastoma

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The Philbins are only now starting to come to terms with the death of their daughter, Gracie Rae

Alarm as almost 20% of South Africa’s healthcare workers contract Covid

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The 10-day healthcare worker ‘isolate and contact trace’ policy puts pressure on other healthcare workers and compromises hospitals’ ability to deliver quality healthcare

Junior doctors ‘tired’ of placement travails

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The health department is increasingly playing fiscal catch up each year as the trainee intake continues to swell

Immunocompromised finally prioritised for Covid-19 booster shots

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Organ recipients are at greater risk of death from Covid-19, while waiting lists for transplants grow

The robot that allows Covid-19 patients human contact

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A mental health pandemic: It’s far from ideal, but a dying mother was able to blow kisses to her child thanks to Khanya the robot

Vaccine hesitant? An expert answers questions people have

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Safety, side-effects and the jargon-filled scientific information explained for those who have concerns about getting vaccinated

Third wave overwhelms Gauteng hospitals

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Surpassing previous Covid-19 waves the third is sure to hit harder, yet there is little evidence of a move toward tighter regulations.

As South Africa’s Covid infections surge, the number of jabs can’t increase, yet

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Hospitals are under strain, nurses are burning out and infections are on the rise, but there are limited Covid-19 vaccine doses available

Covid jab tech helps fight malaria

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An estimated two-thirds of malaria deaths are among children under the age of five, most of them in Africa.
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