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The World Health Organisation's Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (Gallo Images, Getty Images) The head of the World Health Organization said on Thursday that reported comments by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo questioning his independence were untrue and would not distract the organisation from its work in fighting the coronavirus.Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has…
Mapiti Matsena was stabbed to death in his bedroom. A manhunt has been launched for the person who killed ANC politician Mapiti Matsena.Matsena was with his family when a man entered their home and stabbed him to death.The DA in Gauteng has called for the arrest of the killer.National police commissioner General Khehla Sitole has…
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. Darren Stewart, Gallo Images Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng says he will not apologise for his utterances over Israel. Several organisations wanted him to withdraw his remarks and apologise to all South Africans. But the Chief Justice says he will not apologise for being a Christian. Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng says he will neither retract…
The Food and Drug Administration has updated its list of cinnamon products with dangerously high levels of lead, bringing the total to 21. The alert now includes Wise Wife brand ground cinnamon from SLR Food Distribution Inc., of Hicksville, NY. The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Analytical Chemistry collected and analyzed samples of this
(Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) As Grace Griffin and her husband were welcoming their long-awaited baby — a daughter — Griffin found herself worried about looming medical bills and unsure if their family could pay for the care they needed. “This whole experience has me wondering (keeping me up at night, actually): Can we ever afford
LYON, France — Halving the dose of antenatal betamethasone given to prevent severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in infants does not appear to affect later intelligence quotient (IQ) scores or other measures of neurodevelopment, suggests a follow-up study of a randomized trial. However, it is unclear from the present data, presented at the Congress of