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…
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