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SIU shuts down Hamilton Ndlovu’s spending spree by seizing his assets

The businessman used just 13% of the millions paid to him by the National Health Laboratory Service to supply PPE — the rest was for himself

The auditor general recently commented in her audit report that Cape Town is exceeding every target for service delivery in townships. (David Harrison/M&G)

Virus spreads like fire in the Cape

The Western province, which has 65% of all positive Covid-19 cases, is preparing additional health facilities for a July peak

The backlogs, denials and future of testing Covid-19

The National Health Laboratory Services finally admitted to a bottleneck last week, after denying there were any issues since April. According to the service, the backlog of 80…

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Listeria: Follow SA’s medical sleuths as they chase a killer in a race against time.

SA’s listeria epidemic is over. Take a look at the detectives who traced the epidemic’s source in this feature from our archives.

Read how almost two decades of research backs the assertion that when people are on effective HIV treatment and have undetectable viral loads they can’t pass the virus onto others.

Have provinces really paid outstanding billions to laboratory services?

The national health department says provinces have paid up but the head of lab services denies this.

Reproductive medicine specialist Dr Lawrence Gobetz says unnecessary procedures may compromise your chances of falling pregnant.

Who will pay the price for the latest national laboratory strike?

The second industrial action in as many years is likely to stretch into its second week.

What started as a bizarre press release touting a “potential HIV cure” has gone viral leading media houses all over the world to lash out over firm Zion Medical’s latest claims.

National laboratory workers strike after negotiations stall, provinces fail to pay

The nationwide industrial action is expected to last at least until Friday and could affect patients living with conditions such as cancer and HIV.

Will superantibodies produced in laboratories become our best bet for staving off HIV infection?

Unions, laboratory services to hold last-minute negotiations ahead of strike

Unions say they will not accept anything less than 7.3% wage increases.

Unlike most other food borne pathogens

NHLS won’t suspend services to Gauteng, says department

The Gauteng health department says the National Health Laboratory Service will not suspend its services to it despite money being owed.

Developing new strategies to fight HIV/Aids

South Africa has the largest HIV epidemic in the world.