A New York City ER doctor who killed herself at the height of the coronavirus crisis told friends she felt she 'couldn't help anyone' and was 'embarrassed' when she suffered a breakdown because of mental health stigma in the medical community.Dr. Lorna M. Breen, 49, the medical director of the emergency department at New York-Presbyterian…
The father of slain four-month-pregnant KZN mom Zakiyyah Ahmedjan Ismail wants Police Minister Bheki Cele and President Cyril Ramaphosa to ensure justice is done.He said the three masked men who attacked her and her family on their Weenen farm killed her in front of her children.He described his daughter as warm, innocent and loving, saying…
A 30-year-old man died after his car was involved in an accident on Main Road in Rondebosch, Cape Town.A picture of the mangled front of the car suggests it collided with something head-on.Cape Town police spokesperson Noloyiso Rwexana said there was no indication that another car was involved in the accident.Rwexana said the cause of…
(PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES/GALLO IMAGES). The victim was discovered in her rented home in Magong village, near Mogwase in the North West, on 29 June.Her hands and feet were bound, and police believe the cause of death to be strangulation.A 40-year-old man has been arrested, and was allegedly found in possession of the deceased's bank card.A…
A toddler has died in an accident in Bloemfontein. A three-year-old girl has been killed and her father seriously injured after a bakkie knocked them down on the N8 outside Bloemfontein. Paramedics found the toddler and father lying on the ground next to the highway. Bloemfontein police are investigating a case of culpable homicide. A three-year-old girl…
More people are sick in a multi-country Salmonella outbreak in Europe mainly affecting children and young adults. A total of 83 confirmed cases had symptom onset between December 2025 and mid-May 2026. Another 24 cases identified in 2026 have not yet been sequenced and may be part of the outbreak. At least 20 people have
For over thirty years, I have been beating the same drum, and the last few days were no exception (some argue a bit too loudly and self-serving). I have been posting about public health officials — and the FDA — sending out outbreak documents with the names of companies, growers, processors, and retailers blacked out
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