A suspected burglar has been killed during a car chase, given by community members in Tongaat. Reaction Unit South Africa A suspected burglar was allegedly killed by residents in Tongaat following a car chase.They gave chase after a house was burgled on Friday, said police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala."It is alleged yesterday at 18:45, at…
Gauteng police have arrested seven people in connection with a mass shooting at the Jabulani Hostel in Soweto last week. A KwaMashu school principal has been shot dead outside his school on Friday.According to police, a vehicle jammed him and a gunman opened fire. eNCA reports that it was not the first time the principal…
By Clare Wilson (yellow) on the surface of a dying cellNiaid/National Institutes Of Health/Science Photo Library DEXAMETHASONE has become the first drug shown to lower the death rate from covid-19. The discovery of the benefits of this widely available steroid, which damps down an overactive immune system, was seen as a much-needed piece of good…
A Northern Cape police officer allegedly shot his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself. A Northern Cape police officer is in hospital under police guard after he allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself during an argument in the early hours of Sunday. According to provincial police spokesperson Brigadier Mohale Ramatseba,…
senior care home employee in Oregon, state data published Wednesday shows.The Oregon Health Authority’s weekly summary noted that a person who worked in a congregate care setting has died from the coronavirus.The state won’t say where the employee worked to protect their privacy, the health authority said, and released no other information.But while the congregate…
The Food and Drug Administration has updated its list of cinnamon products with dangerously high levels of lead, bringing the total to 21. The alert now includes Wise Wife brand ground cinnamon from SLR Food Distribution Inc., of Hicksville, NY. The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Analytical Chemistry collected and analyzed samples of this
(Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) As Grace Griffin and her husband were welcoming their long-awaited baby — a daughter — Griffin found herself worried about looming medical bills and unsure if their family could pay for the care they needed. “This whole experience has me wondering (keeping me up at night, actually): Can we ever afford
LYON, France — Halving the dose of antenatal betamethasone given to prevent severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in infants does not appear to affect later intelligence quotient (IQ) scores or other measures of neurodevelopment, suggests a follow-up study of a randomized trial. However, it is unclear from the present data, presented at the Congress of