A volunteer for the grassroots charity, Hope for Vrededorp, hands over a warm meal to a child at a daily food distribution in the impoverished district of Vrededorp in Johannesburg as the country remains under lockdown. The proclamation to authorise an investigation into allegations of corruption in Covid-19 relief funds is at an advanced stage,…
The investigation into the controversial tweets of DA federal council chairperson Helen Zille is expected to begin shortly.The chairperson the DA federal legal commission Glynnis Breytenbach said she expected to appoint the team who will investigate the matter on Friday.Zille is on hot water for tweeting that there were more racist laws now than during…
Patricia de Lille's plan to engage 20 400 workers to help fight the coronavirus Departmental and SANDF officials had a site meeting at the Beitbridge border post on 17 March.The following day, urgent meetings were held."The ordinary procurement process would take three months to get a contractor, which is not in line with the directive,"…
Published on Apr 21, 2020Scientists are now looking into a 100-year-old tuberculosis vaccine as a possible treatment for coronavirus. NBC News’ Carl Nasman reports on the clinical trials that are already underway.» Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC» Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNewsNBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and powerful news brands that deliver…
Doug Schneider and Matt Piper, Green Bay Press-Gazette Published 6:09 p.m. CT April 17, 2020 | Updated 8:07 p.m. CT April 17, 2020CLOSEGREEN BAY - Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expected to arrive in Brown County this weekend to look into a recent explosion in COVID-19 cases in the Green Bay…
Everything Sprouts LLC of Minneapolis, MN, is recalling three varieties of alfalfa sprouts products because they have been linked to a 15-state outbreak of Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and/or Salmonella. The recalled products were distributed by Everything Sprouts from May 27 to Aug. 21 to wholesale distributors and to grocery stores located in
The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are spread across 17 states. There are 454 patients who have
A senior adviser at the Department of Health and Human Services spent this week posting three claims about food safety on X, each one preceded by a red exclamation point and the word FACT. As of Thursday, August 20, 2026, CDC counts 10,930 people sick in the federal Cyclospora outbreak, at least 454 of them hospitalized, two