More than 200 Cuban health professionals are expected to arrive in South Africa on Sunday to help the country in its fight against Covid-19, according to Cuban Ambassador Rodolfo Benítez Verson.The 217 members of the "Medical Brigade" include family physicians, epidemiologists, biologists, healthcare technology experts, engineering experts, biotechnology experts and other specialists, the embassy said…
Govt relaxes regulations for funerals - here's what you need to knowTeams have been dispatched to Port St Johns to attempt to control the spread of the virus and are screening, testing and tracing community members.On Saturday morning, the province had 480 confirmed cases, six deaths and 25 recoveries. The figure increased from 270 cases…
Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Physicians in New York City, which still leads the nation in reported COVID-19 cases, are reporting significantly more acute, large vessel strokes in young adults infected with COVID-19. In a rapid communication to be published online April 29 in the New England…
The number of confirmed cases and fatalities tied to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Orange County continues to be on the rise. As of Thursday, April 23, there have now been 7,770 COVID-19 cases throughout the county, with 339 new cases recorded, according to state numbers. There have been 274 deaths, with 175 people hospitalized; and…
BREAKING NEWSCOVID-19: Help, information and resourcesWEATHER ALERTHeat AdvisoryWATCH VIDEOSWelcome, Your AccountLog OutMost of the patients being treated with the symptom are in their teens and 20's. Doctors say there may be a new symptom of coronavirus they are calling "Covid Toes."Doctors treating patients with COVID-19 say they're finding red, purple, or blue lesions on some…
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
Published: November 08, 2026, 8:00 am Quick bites from around the food safety arena this week Infant formula maker ByHeart has “discontinued” manufacturing its products after getting caught up in an outbreak of infant botulism. ByHeart’s founders started a new company, MeridianMade, earlier this year and announced in late October that it would purchase Dublin-based
Published: November 07, 2026, 9:48 pm The County of San Luis Obispo Department of Public Health is wrapping up its investigation into an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to Brookshire Farms in San Luis Obispo. Fifteen people are included in the outbreak – five who were laboratory confirmed. The county previously reported that