A 21-year-old woman faces child abuse charges for allegedly forcing her child to drink alcohol and smoke dagga.The incident was shared in a video on social media.The police also arrested a 19-year-old who was encouraging the child to drink and smoke.A 21-year-old Limpopo mother has been arrested for allegedly forcing her toddler to consume alcohol…
Tragedy as seven-months pregnant mother wakes up from two weeks on a coronavirus ventilator to be told her unborn child had died in South AfricaMarzanne Lennox, 29, admitted to Life Wilgers Hospital in Pretoria on June 30 Mrs Lennox, who was 30-weeks along, was put on ventilator straight awayWas too weak for an emergency Caesarean delivery…
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The rush around the world to find a COVID-19 vaccine continues as fears of a second spike of cases grow. Among the clinical trials is one occurring right here in Philadelphia.Volunteers are stepping up to be among the first to try it out. The clinical trial for the DNA vaccine at Penn…
6-year-old snatched from mother's car. (Supplied:SAPS) In a shock twist, the mother of six-year-old Alexia Nyamadzawo, whose body was found in sugar-cane fields on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast on Tuesday, appeared in the Umhlali Magistrate's Court on Wednesday on a murder charge.Fungai Nyamadzawo appeared briefly on Wednesday, and has also been charged with two counts…
The mother of a 15-year-old girl who died over the weekend said she's numb, but is determined to tell her daughter’s story.|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland's latest numbers | Rumor Control ||Dar'yana Dyson's mom, Kandace Knight, said the teenager died from complications of the coronavirus. The teenager would have turned 16 years old next month.Knight…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared an end to a dual outbreak of E. coli and Salmonella traced to alfalfa sprouts and the seeds used to grow them. The outbreak traced to Everything Sprouts of Minneapolis, MN, and Berlin Seeds of Millersburg, OH, was unusual because it included more than one pathogen
For 20 years I have been saying some version of the same thing about leafy greens and cattle. Water runs downhill. Cows poop. Lettuce grows at the bottom of the hill. Now FDA’s own scientists have put real numbers on it, and they deserve credit for doing it. A new paper in the Journal of Food
Published: November 08, 2026, 8:00 am Quick bites from around the food safety arena this week Infant formula maker ByHeart has “discontinued” manufacturing its products after getting caught up in an outbreak of infant botulism. ByHeart’s founders started a new company, MeridianMade, earlier this year and announced in late October that it would purchase Dublin-based