Professor Shabir Madhi and Professor Glenda Gray say the government's decision to close public schools goes against the advice of scientists.On Thursday night, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that public schools would close for four weeks.Madhi said the decision was a "miscalculation" and Gray said scientists believed the best thing for children was to be at…
Minibus taxis parked at a taxi rank. Gauteng Transport MEC Jacob Mamabolo says government is not scared of taxi operators.This comes after government allowed short distance taxi operators to carry a 100% load of passengers, while long distance taxis are permitted to carry 70% loads.Mamabolo said the taxi industry has been left to its own…
President Cyril Ramaphosa during the opening of the department of health's central Covid-19 Information Hub at the CSIR in Pretoria on 9 April 2020. News24 files application to the Department of Health to gain access to advisories, notes and correspondence between the department and scientists as well as detailed Covid-19 data.Repeated requests to the department…
Minister Jackson Mthembu has confirmed that the government communications headquarters has been shut down due to a coronavirus outbreak in the building.News24 understands at least 17 staffers have tested positive for Covid-19Mthembu says the building has been cleaned and will be ready for use again from Thursday.Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu confirmed during a…
By Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Boris Johnson chairing the daily covid-19 press conference on 3 June.Andrew Parsons / No10 Downing Street Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 9 July UK government missed its target to return all covid-19 tests within 24 hours The…
When I started suing food companies more than thirty years ago, after E. coli O157:H7 in undercooked Jack in the Box hamburgers killed four children and sickened hundreds, proving where a pathogen came from was slow, painstaking, and often impossible. Investigators matched bacteria using crude “fingerprinting” methods that could tell you two samples looked similar
State and federal public health officials are investigating a new outbreak of infant botulism poisoning. So far the outbreak has sickened three babies across three states: California, Pennsylvania and Washington, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The California Department of Public Health has reported that the infections are among infants who were fed Nara
The recalled product was distributed nationally through the online platforms, Amazon, Walmart, TikTok Shop, Target, and the company's websites, tnvitamins.com and doctorspride.com. Published: June 12, 2026, 10:11 pm Total Nutrition Inc. of Deer Park, NY is voluntarily expanding its recall of TNVitamins and Doctor's Pride Ultra Potent Complete Green Superfood Moringa Capsules because they have