In total, since March last year, close to 250 000 deaths from natural causes have been reported over and above what was expected during the same period.
The Department of Health has announced that the Electronic Vaccination Data System (EVDS) will now let you schedule a time and a place for your vaccine appointment, rather than having one assigned to you.
Some of the most popular cereal brands retailing in South Africa are packed full of sugar, while making bold claims that they aid “growth” and “development”.
On September 9, Showmax will release a “gripping documentary” about our country’s lockdown “and the effect it has had on society, the economy and the country’s most vulnerable citizens”.
Uber, the Department of Health, and Mastercard are working together to give people two free Uber trips, each up to the value of R100, for rides to and from vaccination sites.
Clapton has refused to perform at any venue where vaccines are required for attendees and detailed what he calls his “disastrous” health struggles after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine.
The Western Cape’s health minister, Dr Nomafrench Mbombo, has had just about enough of those who spread misinformation.
Patches, uneven skin, and unwanted freckles are the bane of many an existence, but there are ways to banish these pigmentation issues.
Despite spending more than 10 days in hospital at the turn of the year, Kouthar Davids now says she doesn’t believe in COVID-19.
The mega-wealthy have, for all intents and purposes, been having a smashing time during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The petition to get South Africa off of the UK’s red list needed 10 000 signatures to force the UK government to respond, with that number already comfortably exceeded.
The Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill will completely reshape cannabis laws in South Africa. Here’s the latest on where that stands.
At least protesters in New York City were kind enough to avoid a hospital, choosing instead to gather outside New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s home.
While addressing the country on Sunday regarding a new outbreak, New Zealand’s COVID-19 response minister put his foot in it.
On Saturday, a group of anti-vaxxers gathered outside Groote Schuur to protest, as healthcare professionals inside continued the battle to save lives.
A hotdog can shorten a person’s life by 36 minutes, while a portion of nuts can add almost 26 minutes, according to a new study.
I mean, you shouldn’t really feed cannabis cupcakes to anybody without telling them, let alone your fellow troops as they prepare for a live firearms exercise.
South Africa’s economy is losing out on millions of rands every day that the country remains on the UK’s ‘red list’.
If you’re on a quest for your best skin, a well thought out skincare plan is something you should look into as soon as possible.
According to Emile Stipp, the actuary at Discovery Health, as many as four out of five South Africans may have COVID-19 already.
Professor Edward Chang said that this is the first successful demonstration of direct decoding of full words from the brain activity of someone who is paralysed and cannot speak.
The latest survey results show that almost half of white South African adults don’t want to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
This week, in totally unhinged anti-vaxxer rants that are very easy to fact check, we have Matt Baker from Ocean Beach, San Diego.
Tyron Stoltz passed away due to COVID-19 on August 2. Tragically, that was just three days before the Jozi father of two was due to be vaccinated.
Apple updated its App Store policy in June, and since then a number of US-based apps that allow you to order cannabis from the comfort of the couch have gone live.
With the click of a mouse, or the tap of a phone screen, patently false and potentially deadly misinformation does the rounds, and Anena Burger can attest to that.
This is your official PSA to start that flavonoid-loaded fruit and veg diet, with a new study showing how wide-ranging the benefits can be.
The Delta variant is clearly not to be messed with and has wrecked many plans of a return to ‘normal’, whatever that means.
The 2007 movie, starring Will Smith, is being used to push an anti-vaccine agenda. One of the screenwriters has a simple response to that.
South Africans are still on the UK’s red list, which means there are really strict (and very costly) travel requirements for Saffas touching down.