Vaccination helped control an Ebola outbreak in the east of the country [File - Al-hadji Kudra Maliro/AP] The Democratic Republic of the Congo has recorded 17 Ebola cases in a new outbreak of the deadly virus in the western province of Equateur and 11 of those infected have died, health officials said on Monday. Authorities…
SANDF at a road block in Khayelitsha. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach) Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula does not want to say how many SANDF members have been infected with Covid-19.None have died of the virus.The SANDF had 3 271 quarantine beds as of 25 May, with more added since.While "very few" SA National Defence Force…
841 police officers have been diagnosed with Covid-19, Police Minister Bheki Cele revealed on Thursday. Of those, 601 are in the Western Cape. Eight officers have died. Police Minister Bheki Cele said 841 police officers have contracted the coronavirus, with 601 in the Western Cape.He also made the startling claim the number of arrests per province during…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is embarking on an expansive study of the prevalence of novel coronavirus antibodies in people in 25 metropolitan areas, an effort to provide long-awaited insight into the way the virus is spreading and its presence in communities.The study, which plans to test 325,000 people by fall 2021, will…
103 police officers had tested positive for the virus.On Friday, Police Minister Bheki Cele said 253 were infected with "this invisible enemy that is attacking our members".He was addressing a joint meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Police and the Select Committee on Security and Justice."It is going to be much darker before it is…
EU Commission considers more cereulide testing Published: June 19, 2026, 12:06 am A charity in the United Kingdom has made several recommendations to regulators after the cereulide infant formula contamination incident. First Steps Nutrition Trust said the situation exposed important weaknesses in the safety and security systems governing infant foods. Contaminated products may have been
Getty Images; MH Illustration, Taryn Colbert 5 min read SO YOU PAID your $600 for the headliners at an event like Gov Ball, Bonnaroo, Coachella, and ended up seeing…the inside of the medical tent. Kind of classic, which is why there are such things as “event medical specialists.” And they’ve seen it all, from garden-variety
The manufacturer uses milk from 100 contract farmers who supply it with more than a million liters of milk every day. Published: June 18, 2026, 12:06 am Officials with Nara Organics continue to refuse to report the manufacturer of their infant formula, which has been linked to an outbreak of infant botulism. However, a German