Joel Shannon, USA TODAY Published 5:23 p.m. ET July 24, 2020 CLOSE Most people take precautions to avoid contracting salmonella poisoning from raw chicken, but there are other foods that are surprisingly more likely to harbor the harmful bacteria. Nearly two dozen states have been hit by a rapidly growing Salmonella outbreak that has already sickened…
SABC headquarters in Johannesburg. Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Communications is expected to get a briefing by an SABC delegation on its turnaround plan. The briefing will include a report on editorial policy in response to interference.The public broadcaster is still struggling financially. The operational and financial challenges at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) will once again come to the…
Warning about ravenous rats New York City rats usually have plenty to eat from the food scraps they find from restaurant garbage. But so many eateries are closed during the pandemic. So these rats are now hungry and turning on each other. NEW YORK - The lack of available food sources due to the shutdown…
By Michael Marshall Researchers surveyed blooms of “snow algae” on Anchorage Island, AntarcticaMatt Davey Part of Antarctica is already green due to blooms of algae living on the snow. As the continent warms, more of it may turn green, but it isn’t clear what this will mean for the climate. Patches of “snow algae” have…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Kirk Cameron is keeping busy during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that has kept many folks at home and at a distance from their loved ones.The “Growing Pains” star spoke to Fox News about the overall impact the novel virus has had…
Overwhelmed by the demands of caregiving, Quette dialed 911 when she found her teenage son downstairs in their kitchen struggling to breathe. He had rolled his wheelchair to the oven to keep himself warm as he tried to regulate his temperature, she recalled, and was drenched in sweat from an apparent infection. In that moment
KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed federal policy on vaccine research, vaping, and drug access on Science Friday on May 8. Rovner also discussed the Supreme Court decision on the abortion pill mifepristone on NPR’s Morning Edition on May 5. Click here to hear Rovner on Science Friday. Click here to hear
Here in Washington, we’ve been hearing about tensions between the White House and one of its most controversial — but, at least in some circles, most popular — figures: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Polling of likely voters indicates that the Health and Human Services secretary can be an asset to Republicans when he’s talking about improving the nation’s food supply or labeling ultraprocessed foods. But when he’s talking about removing recommendations for routine childhood vaccinations, he can be a detriment. So, when I