For seven years, Dr. Ethan Weiss, a cardiologist at The University of California, San Francisco, has experimented with intermittent fasting. The health fad, which restricts eating to specific periods of time, hit the mainstream after a series of promising studies in mice suggested that it might be an effective weight loss strategy in humans. So Weiss decided…
Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku speaking at BMW SA in Midrand, Johannesburg. Gauteng Provincial Government The Gauteng provincial government is looking at various options to reduce the spread of the virus as the peak approaches. Health MEC Bandile Masuku said the department continues to monitor and adapt its response.The department also discourages the pronouncement by…
Published: April 17, 2026, 7:30 pm On April 10 the Washington State Department of Health advised the FDA of a recall of certain shellfish because of norovirus-like illnesses associated with consumption of raw oysters. The recall includes all species of shellstock from Gomez Shellfish LLC (WA-1724-SS), harvested on March 22 through April 9, from a
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The E. coli matches that from patient samples from an outbreak in 2025 Published: April 17, 2026, 12:05 am Federal inspectors have found E. coli contamination in raw cheddar cheese produced by Raw Farm LLC of Fresno, CA. The dairy is linked to an ongoing E. coli outbreak that has sickened nine people across three