In the village of Siphocosini, Eswatini, Clement Tsabedze still remembers the moment that nearly took his life.

In the United States, envenomation (the injection of venom) usually happens during an encounter with a snake, spider, or insect. Antivenom (often spelled “antivenin”) is an antibody product that can ...

The coral snake - which belongs to a class of potentially-deadly snakes - bit the security guard on the toe while working at ...

SA’s antivenom stock is depleted. While production will resume following facility renovations, it will take months before new ...

WHAT if one antivenom could work for all snake bites? Scientists may be getting there. More than 80,000 people die from snake bites each year and about three times that number suffer permanent ...

A national intervention has been made to combat the snake antivenom shortage. Credible sources have revealed to the ZO that an imported surrogate, PANAF-Premium, is being used at local hospitals. Like ...

The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Health Department has sought to allay public fears regarding a potential shortage of snake antivenom ...

Well-known Durban snake catcher Nick Evans says there is no need to panic over the shortage of antivenom. The National Health ...

UAB Comprehensive Snakebite Program is one of few in the state to offer snakebite care in an outpatient setting ...

The National Health Laboratory Service has ceased production of all snake, scorpion, and spider antivenom in South Africa due ...

Johannesburg - Millions across sub-Saharan Africa face a dire threat as South Africa's National Health Laboratory Service ...

An experienced South Australian snake catcher has spent a week in hospital after being bitten by a lice-infested snake he was treating with a bath.