Eskom has cancelled Stage 1 power cuts that were planned to start at 16:00 Tuesday afternoon. There will be no load shedding on Wednesday evening after a significant improvement in the country's generation supply, Eskom has announced. Stage 1 cuts were expected to start at 16:00 and last until 22:00. The utility has not yet given…
Taxis get disinfected at the Esangweni Taxi Rank in Gauteng. Santaco suspends briefing where it intended to discuss its withdrawal from government negotiations.Santaco says this comes after its president spoke with the Minister of Transport.The body's leadership is looking at a way forwardThe South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) suspended a media briefing on Wednesday…
City of Spartanburg cancels Red, White & Boom due to COVID-19 concerns Hide Transcript Show Transcript I WILL HAVE THE LATEST, COMING UP. DANA: BREAKING OVERNIGHT IN THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, MORE THAN 350,000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED. GEOFF: FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW, MORE PEOPLE DIED IN BRAZIL THAN THE U.S. BRAZIL HAS THE…
KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed federal policy on vaccine research, vaping, and drug access on Science Friday on May 8. Rovner also discussed the Supreme Court decision on the abortion pill mifepristone on NPR’s Morning Edition on May 5. Click here to hear Rovner on Science Friday. Click here to hear
Here in Washington, we’ve been hearing about tensions between the White House and one of its most controversial — but, at least in some circles, most popular — figures: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Polling of likely voters indicates that the Health and Human Services secretary can be an asset to Republicans when he’s talking about improving the nation’s food supply or labeling ultraprocessed foods. But when he’s talking about removing recommendations for routine childhood vaccinations, he can be a detriment. So, when I
Several states have joined President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts and are taking federal reporting requirements to immigration authorities a step further — by using their public health agencies as arms of enforcement. North Carolina, in late April, became the latest member of a growing group of Republican-led states to require their public health agencies to