ALLEGHENY CO., Pa. — The Allegheny County Health Department has issued new orders Thursday that will close in-person service at all bars, restaurants, casinos and events of more than 25 people for a week starting July 3. This is in addition to the previous order from Dr. Debra Bogen that bans restaurants and bars from…
The rate of increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in Gauteng has risen in recent days.The province's Health MEC predicts it will see around 300 000 cases by the end of August.As of 1 July, 244 people had died in the province.As Covid-19 cases have started to spike in Gauteng, all government hospitals in…
WTVG Channel 13 reports at least seven people have tested positive. Six people are from Lucas County and one from Ottawa County, the Sandusky Register reports. All of the people visited Put-in-Bay between June 17 and 21.The Port Clinton News Herald reports that the people who tested positive visited the Commodore Hotel, Mr. Ed’s and…
A colleague texted Dr. Erica Pan, the health officer for Alameda County, a photo of the yard sign. It showed a photo of her with the words “Financially destroyed families and businesses” and “#A--holeMD.” “I’m getting antagonism in all sorts of ways,” said Dr. Pan, who has been trolled on social media, received threats to…
It's no time to get complacent.That's the message public health leaders want Michiganders to understand as businesses open up, restrictions are lifted and coronavirus case numbers begin to inch upward.For the fourth consecutive day Saturday, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced more than 300 newly confirmed coronavirus cases. The seven-day average of daily new cases rose to 275 after…
17 min read IT’S APPROACHING 11 A.M. on a humid day in May. Ben Simmons has been out fishing in the waters southeast of Miami since 6:15, his boat pushing away from the marina with a waning crescent still hung in the sky. The 29-year-old has spent most of the morning up on the bow
For companies, choosing not to look is not a defense. It is willful blindness, and juries understand it instantly. Published: June 29, 2026, 12:06 am 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
An outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite has impacted 145 people. The source of the parasite has not yet been determined. Patients have been reported by 17 states. These people became sick after eating food in the United States and did not report any travel during the 14 days before they got sick. Sick