Long Form

Linda-Gail Bekker says researching infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and HIV is like a colossal round of the murder mystery cluedo. Follow the story of the scientist with the purple pixie-cut from a farm in Zimbabwe to her inauguration as the first African president of the International Aids Society and beyond.

Are faith-based NGOs breaking the law when they refuse to give women information on where to terminate their pregnancies?

Choosing between eating & bleeding through your uniform has a cost. Take a look at the reality behind the budget in this one from our archives.

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

Traditional and Western healers team up to treat patients with HIV and tuberculosis because many people consult more than one health system.

The pain of bereavement is supposed to ease with time. When it doesn't, psychiatrists call it 'complicated grief' and it can be treated.

It was hailed as a revolution in private investment in healthcare in Africa but almost a decade after it was opened, Lesotho’s only specialist hospital takes up almost a third of the country’s entire health budget. Now, we may finally know why.

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.

A month after she was wheeled out of a North West hospital in a barrow, Ntombizodwa Matthews met her end. Her family blames politics for her death.

Our children’s lives were lost due to the negligence of the Mpumalanga health system, say grieving mothers.

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.

Laura Salm-Reifferscheidt takes a look at the global sensation — the tramadol dance — that’s topping the charts in Africa’s effort to curb drug abuse.

Older antibiotic staples are no longer moneymakers. But as modern bugs evolve to outwit them, very few new drugs are ready to take their place.

This doctor returned to his home town to live, love and heal.

Ivory Park's Operation Thiba Nyaope provides support for addicts and their affected families.

Disease-spreading mozzies may be getting wise to our best defences, but science is fighting back.