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Can't see the audio player? Listen on: The Host Health programs are feeling the pinch of the ongoing government shutdown. Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, and the food program for women, infants, and children, WIC, is likely to run out in November, and cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and

Hawaii Department of Health officials today reported one new coronavirus-related death on Oahu and 98 new infections statewide, bringing the totals since the start of the pandemic to 132 fatalities and 12,116 cases. No further details were immediately available about the latest death. The Hawaii Department of Health has yet to officially count about a…

Eastern Cape health MEC Sindiswa Gomba Eastern Cape Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba is expected to appear before the Special Tribunal, following allegations of financial irregularities, involving her department, in a controversial R10 million scooter project.Tribunal spokesperson Selby Makgotho confirmed this to News24 on Thursday morning. Makgotho said Gomba, departmental Superintendent General Dr Thobile Mbengashe, chief financial…

Health officials in Michigan are reportedly urging people to stay indoors after 10 counties confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne virus Eastern equine encephalitis in 22 horses and one suspected human case. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services confirmed 22 horse cases in 10 counties and one suspected human case in Barry County as of Wednesday, the…

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says his department will recommend easing lockdown restrictions further. This is owing to declining numbers of reported Covid-19 cases countrywide. Mkhize says a high level of immunity may already exist in SA. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said his department would make recommendations to Cabinet to ease lockdown restrictions, such as those relating to the…