Abieda Paulse. Facebook/Cape Flats Stories Almost two weeks ago, Abieda Paulse was swept away after falling into the Vygieskraal canal in Athlone.A body was found in the Liesbeek River on Monday.Her mother Malikah believes it is her daughter, although DNA testing is still to be conducted.Malikah Paulse remembers clearly what her daughter Abieda had been…
The remains of a child have been found floating in the Liesbeek River river near the N2/M5 interchange on Monday, Western Cape police confirmed."A death inquest case has been opened for investigation after a body of an unidentified child was found," police spokesperson Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana said.A post-mortem will be conducted, Rwexana said. City of Cape Town…
The body of a woman has been found floating offshore close to Kalk Bay harbour.Two divers found the body on Sunday morning.The woman was seen by local fisherman at the harbour on Saturday night.A woman's body has been recovered from the sea near Kalk Bay harbour in Cape town, according to a report from the…
Scientists at a university in United States’ Southern California may have found the beginnings of a path needed to extend the lifespan of human beings.The research by a team from USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, published on July 10 by the Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences, shows the drug mifepristone can extend…
The body of a patent who died inside the Coronavirus Unit at United Memorial Medical Center is covered in sheets Monday, July 6, 2020, in Houston. Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in the second-largest state in the U.S. have more than doubled in the last two weeks. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press.…
California is weighing stiff penalties for hospitals and other healthcare entities that don’t stay under state spending limits, potentially levying hundreds of millions of dollars in fines if these providers don’t take steps to rein in rising healthcare costs. If the state Office of Health Care Affordability adopts the fines next week, hospitals, medical groups
Everything Sprouts LLC of Minneapolis, MN, is recalling three varieties of alfalfa sprouts products because they have been linked to a 15-state outbreak of Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and/or Salmonella. The recalled products were distributed by Everything Sprouts from May 27 to Aug. 21 to wholesale distributors and to grocery stores located in
The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are spread across 17 states. There are 454 patients who have