The majority of South African adults want schools to remain closed. Sixty percent of South African adults do not want schools to reopen amid the Covid-19 peak. This is according to research by the University of Johannesburg and the Human Sciences Research Council.A government decision about the reopening or closure of schools is expected to be announced…
More than half of people with COVID-19 have no idea how or where they got infected – underscoring the need for social distancing, more widespread use of masks and better contact tracing, especially at work. That is the conclusion of a new survey by the Centers for Disease Control, released Tuesday, of 350 patients in…
by: Nouran Salahieh Posted: Apr 23, 2020 / 04:30 PM PDT / Updated: Apr 23, 2020 / 06:27 PM PDT More than half of those who tested positive for the coronavirus at institutional settings in Los Angeles County did not have any symptoms of the respiratory illness, the county’s public health director said Thursday. Dr.…
More than 85 percent of those placed on ventilators in New York's largest hospital system due to coronavirus symptoms later died from the disease, a study has found.CNN reported Thursday that a study from researchers at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research and Northwell Health, which employs more than 68,000 people in the state, found that the overall…
Four companies control about 80 percent of the U.S. beef market, and there is no reason to believe that any of them are satisfied with their share. Published: April 05, 2026, 8:00 am The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) reported that Listeria monocytogenes was the most frequent cause of outbreaks it investigated during fiscal year
Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed a new weight loss pill approved by the FDA on CBS News’ CBS Mornings on April 2. Click here to watch Gounder on CBS Mornings. KFF Health News Southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed high Affordable Care Act premiums on WUGA’s The Georgia Health Report on
States are paying contractors such as Deloitte, Accenture, and Optum millions of dollars to help them comply with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — a law that will strip safety-net health and food benefits from millions. State governments rely on such companies to design and operate computer systems that assess whether low-income people qualify