Salome Meyer News Today

Cancer patients and activists in Gauteng demand the Department of Health use R784 million to clear the backlog in radiation oncology services.

Cancer organisations, patients demand action to address the backlog in treatment; report launch of the registers of councillors’ interests.

In the 10 years reviewed, breast cancer deaths increased by over 42-percent while cervical cancer deaths increased by 50-percent.

Doctors working at two Eastern Cape hospital units treating patients with blood and bone marrow cancers have been scrambling to find chemotherapy drugs.

Human genetics researcher and team devise user-friendly testing process to identify patients at risk

Agreement is expected to help firms grow their brands by allowing Seven Seals to break into the North American market while creating a path into Europe for Ottawa whisky-maker.

John Perlman spoke to Cancer Alliance’s, Salome Meyer about this new treatment and its availability for South Africans, but it comes with an extreme price tag.

A group of South African academics and the international NGO Doctors Without Borders have urged member countries in the World Trade Organization to resume negotiations after a leaked document detailing a compromise in waiving patents for Covid-19 vaccines surfaced.

The Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital has been closed since 16 April 2021 due to a fire that seriously damaged parts of the facility.

Protesters took to Joburg’s inner city demanding that the government stop denying that the city’s key public hospital — Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital — is crumbling and pushing cancer treatment backlogs to crisis level. Protesters took to Joburg’s inner city demandin...