By Calvin Cutler |  Posted: Wed 6:55 PM, Apr 29, 2020  |  Updated: Wed 8:38 PM, Apr 29, 2020 BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) Is COVID-19 claiming more lives than originally thought? New mortality data from the Vermont Department of Health shows an increase in deaths over previous months. Our Calvin Cutler reports. Like in other states, many…
By Adam Vaughan People wearing face masks walk in smog on April 15, 2020 in Changchun, ChinaZhang Yao/China News Service via Getty Images From Milan to Wuhan, we know coronavirus-related travel restrictions have temporarily cut air pollution. One preliminary analysis in China even suggests the number of early deaths from dirty air that have been…
The Department of Health has reported 10 more Covid-19-related deaths in the country, which brings the toll to 103.Three were reported in Gauteng, four in the Western Cape, two in KwaZulu-Natal and one in the Eastern Cape.In Gauteng, the three who died were aged 89, 82 and 80.the 89-year-old female had experienced shortness of breath,…
By Sam Wong , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool A fruit vendor waits for customers during the nation-wide lockdown in Amritsar, IndiaRAMINDER PAL SINGH/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 29 April Nearly half the global workforce could lose their livelihoods due to the pandemic Nearly half the global workforce…
The details of the R350 grant to help unemployed people not receiving any form of subsidy or grant during Covid-19 were revealed on Wednesday. Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu said a social relief distress grant would be paid between May to October.It will be open to South Africans, refugees and permanent residents already in the Department…
2 min read ONE THING I appreciate about Mack Weldon is that the brand doesn’t limit itself to just one category of menswear. Sure, it makes some of the best underwear we’ve ever tested, but that’s only scratching the surface. From everyday T-shirts and henleys to cozy sweaters, outerwear, workout gear, and accessories, it’s practically
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared an end to a dual outbreak of E. coli and Salmonella traced to alfalfa sprouts and the seeds used to grow them. The outbreak traced to Everything Sprouts of Minneapolis, MN, and Berlin Seeds of Millersburg, OH, was unusual because it included more than one pathogen
For 20 years I have been saying some version of the same thing about leafy greens and cattle. Water runs downhill. Cows poop. Lettuce grows at the bottom of the hill. Now FDA’s own scientists have put real numbers on it, and they deserve credit for doing it. A new paper in the Journal of Food