The Gauteng High Court forced the basic education department to introduce the national school feeding scheme. The programme was halted in March when schools were first closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. News24 spoke to Section27 which brought the application opposing the department's introduction of the programme. The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, in the middle of July, ordered…
By Clare Wilson A red fox raiding a bin on a residential street in LondonGraham Racher / Alamy We shouldn’t be surprised by how well foxes can survive by scavenging from our food leftovers – it is a behaviour that is tens of thousands of years old. The ancestors of today’s foxes began living on…
As many endure the real financial burden of the lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic, members of the public and civil society groups alike have taken up the task to help feed the hungry.LOCKDOWN | Here's how you can help those in needThis week in Mooreesburg in the Western Cape, NGO Gift of the Givers took…
Rats and other rodents have had to become even more aggressive in their search for food as their supply from closed restaurants has seen their source dry up. With fewer passengers on city subways and restaurants all but shut except for a smattering of take out orders, a normally bountiful supply of food left behind from…
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