A nurse checks a Covid-19 patient's ventilator. Marcelo Hernandez/Getty Images The unit is the largest cancer radiation unit in the country.About 3 000 cancer patients are treated at the unit every year.The unit was closed for deep cleaning after staff tested positive.The cancer radiation unit at Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital in Johannesburg is operational again…
Health staff who will be working in the new ICU ward at Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Johannesburg. Staff at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital showcased a new 29-bed ICU, established with the help of the First Rand Spire Fund.According to Professor Mervyn Mer, the unit could change the trajectory of the province as it deals…
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