Dr. Anthony Fauci, right, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens as Vice President Pence speaks during a news conference Friday at the Department of Health and Human Services. The U.S. has lost more people to COVID-19 than any other country. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption toggle caption Susan Walsh/AP Dr. Anthony…
Two people were murdered and six others wounded in an open veld in the Florida policing precinct.Three attackers used firearms and robbed eight men of their cash and cellphones and then shot them.All three gunmen are still on the run and police confirmed they have mobilised maximum resources to trace them.Police have launched a search…
A man was killed after being hit by a plane's wing in a freak accident. A man died after being struck by the wing of an aircraft that was attempting to land at Graskop Aerodrome on Monday morning.He was one of four men walking to work at a nearby factory in the area.Both the police and…
At least another four shooting incidents have been recorded in the Cape Town area this week.Among those killed are a 17-year-old and an unknown man, while several others have been injured.This comes after two children and a man were shot in Manenberg on Monday, while a 32-year-old man and his 2-year-old son were shot on…
The victims were reportedly on their way to the shop when they were shot.Crime scene experts are on the scene.The suspects fled and are yet to be arrested.A two-year-old boy was shot and a man killed in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town, on Wednesday night, Western Cape police have said.The victims are reportedly father and son, the…
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