Health

JERUSALEM - Israel has frozen its programme to send COVID-19 vaccines abroad to buy international goodwill, Defence Minister Benny Gantz said on Thursday, after the initiative came under legal scrutiny....

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says once the COVID-19 vaccine, AstraZeneca, arrives in the country, samples will be taken to a laboratory for quality assurance checks before the rollout. The one million...

The Health Department says it will take legal action against funeral undertakers who contravene the law as undertakers embark on three-day strike action. This comes as a group affiliated to...

Software and robotics expert Dr. Antonio Espingardeiro, a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, explores the need for adaptable infrastructure to cope with health crises and modern...

Sexual intercourse may decrease during the next few weeks, but other forms of expressing eroticism, such as sexting, video-calls, reading erotica and masturbation will continue to be options. As people...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed that the country will be placed under a temporary lockdown for 21 days in an effort to control the spread of Covid-19. “The action we...

KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC, Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu, has cautioned people to seek medical help if they experience flu-like symptoms after a 9-year-old girl died, apparently from Influenza A or H1N1. Deccan Road Primary...

The KwaZulu-Natal Education Department is calling for calm after it is believed that a nine-year-old Pietermaritzburg learner passed away from swine flu. A school circular from Merchiston Prep has issued a...

CAPE TOWN - South Africa might be synonymous with sunshine and the salubrious great outdoors, but it turns out our citizens are among the unhealthiest on Earth. An academic article...