Greenville Mayor Knox White says he is very concerned about the spike in coronavirus cases, especially in our area.On Friday, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control designated Greenville a hot spot for coronavirus."A core purpose of our statewide testing strategy is to help identify hot spots, and it's working," Dr. Brannon Traxler…
A staffer in Johannesburg mayor Geoff Makhubo's office has tested positive for Covid-19.The staffer tested positive after travelling to the Western Cape for a funeral.Makhubo tested for the virus on Monday and has decided to go into self-isolation until he receives his results.Johannesburg mayor Geoff Makhubo has gone into self-isolation after a staffer in his…
Ekhuruleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina. (OJ Koloti, Gallo Images) The test was conducted after he had interacted with more than 100 stakeholders at the Ekurhuleni Covid-19 Food Bank.The mayor did not experience any symptoms.Regular testing for essential services providers is important to protect the communities in which they work, Masina said.Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina has tested…
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