EL PASO, Texas -- El Paso city, county and health leaders held a briefing on Thursday afternoon to provide an update on the community's Covid-19 situation. They offered a word of warning about avoid family gatherings and house parties headed into the Labor Day holiday weekend, along with a reminder to follow state and local…
A team called The Germinators, from Ladium disinfecting classes and offices at Pretoria Muslim Trust Sunni School School in Laudium. Alet Pretorius, Gallo Images Cosas has accused some ANC leaders of insisting schools should remain open, purely for their own business interests.While it is arguing for schools to close, it says this doesn't mean forfeiting…
NewsMonday, July 13th 2020, 5:05 PM AKDTGov. Mike Dunleavy and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink, well-known figures in the state's ongoing efforts to battle the pandemic, spoke to Alaskans Monday evening in another livestreamed address.The duo was joined by public health director Heidi Hedberg and Dr. Joe McLaughlin, the state's chief of epidemiology.Dunleavy touted the state’s…
The top leaders of the ANC are expected to meet with the ANC provincial executive committee in Limpopo on Thursday. This after it was announced that two leaders linked to VBS - Danny Msiza and Florence Radzilani - had been reinstated to their positions. ANC secretary general Ace Magashule and party chairperson Gwede Mantashe appear to have…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.The Senate on Tuesday passed a nearly $500 billion coronavirus "Phase 3.5" relief bill that would replenish a small business rescue program known as the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), provide hospitals with another $75 billion and implement a nationwide virus testing…
KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed federal policy on vaccine research, vaping, and drug access on Science Friday on May 8. Rovner also discussed the Supreme Court decision on the abortion pill mifepristone on NPR’s Morning Edition on May 5. Click here to hear Rovner on Science Friday. Click here to hear
Here in Washington, we’ve been hearing about tensions between the White House and one of its most controversial — but, at least in some circles, most popular — figures: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Polling of likely voters indicates that the Health and Human Services secretary can be an asset to Republicans when he’s talking about improving the nation’s food supply or labeling ultraprocessed foods. But when he’s talking about removing recommendations for routine childhood vaccinations, he can be a detriment. So, when I
Several states have joined President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts and are taking federal reporting requirements to immigration authorities a step further — by using their public health agencies as arms of enforcement. North Carolina, in late April, became the latest member of a growing group of Republican-led states to require their public health agencies to