Long Form

With the severe effects of the habit on the unborn child now widely known, why do pregnant mothers refuse to give up?

A cruel, unrelenting cycle of poverty, drinking and fetal alcohol syndrome robs families of all hope.

Millions will be bitten by venomous snakes each year and for many, antivenom will remain painfully out of reach. Here's why.

In rural Kenya, a group of strong-willed women is giving traumatised young runaways a second chance at life.

Does sex work legislation have an impact on violence and the spread of HIV? We follow two women who operate in opposite worlds to find out.

In the first of a two-part series, a band of doctors set out to reclaim LSD and ecstasy for mental health treatments.

Morphine was first introduced to Uganda 30 years ago, but as the burden of cancer increases, thousands of people still lack access to even basic treatment for pain relief.

Sihle Batiya's luckier than most – but the odds are stacked against kids with Down's syndrome in the Eastern Cape.

For transgender people, gender-affirming care can be a matter of life and death. But medical aids still see it as a choice rather than a necessity.

Virtual reality isn’t just for video games anymore. It’s revolutionising medicine, including the way we manage pain.

Organ donations are rare in SA: donors and the specialists needed to do transplants are few. But awareness increases as more lives are being saved.

Men can help to prevent new HIV infections by showing up for their partners. Here’s how:

Since the country’s rollout, less than a quarter of people who’ve started taking the HIV prevention pill are young women — despite high HIV rates.

An eighth-grade teenager shows how funky and strong her fight against a four-letter word is. Mia Malan reports.

Here's how northwest Kenya gets nomadic families to health services.

The Earth is getting hotter and extreme weather events are becoming more common. It’s bad news for our lives. We break down how climate change links to poor health.