A 23-year-old woman reportedly worked as a Wits medical school intern at various health facilities.She allegedly performed numerous medical procedures without any formal training. The woman has been charged with fraud and is out on bail.A 23-year-old KwaZulu-Natal woman faces a fraud charge after reportedly posing as a medical intern and consulting and treating patients at…
A locker sits open in April at Kent Middle School in Kentfield, Calif. Schools and parents are grappling with whether — and how — to reopen in the fall. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A locker sits open in April at Kent Middle School in Kentfield, Calif. Schools and parents…
The pressure for schools to close during the Covid-19 peak is growing, with teachers, parents and experts giving their views on whether they should.Meanwhile, the Department of Basic Education says it is engaging with stakeholders and will announce any further developments. According to Wits' head of education, Professor Felix Maringe, safety should be prioritised and lost…
President Donald Trump is pressing state and local officials to reopen schools this fall, despite coronavirus infections surging nationwide. While experts say there are significant social benefits to resuming in-person classes, they caution that schools will need to balance those against potential risks to provide a safe learning environment for students — as well as…
Hoërskool Ben Viljoen in Groblersdal. A school in Groblersdal has caused a stir over an overtly racist remark written on the wall of one of its toilet stalls.Hoërskool Ben Viljoen has since removed the remark.A screenshot of what is claimed to be the message was widely distributed on social media, causing outrage.A school in Groblersdal, Limpopo,…
For more than thirty years I have represented the families on the other end of a foodborne outbreak — the parents of children on dialysis with hemolytic uremic syndrome, the survivors of a contaminated hamburger or a bag of spinach, the people left planning funerals. I built a career holding companies accountable when the food
More people are sick in a multi-country Salmonella outbreak in Europe mainly affecting children and young adults. A total of 83 confirmed cases had symptom onset between December 2025 and mid-May 2026. Another 24 cases identified in 2026 have not yet been sequenced and may be part of the outbreak. At least 20 people have
For over thirty years, I have been beating the same drum, and the last few days were no exception (some argue a bit too loudly and self-serving). I have been posting about public health officials — and the FDA — sending out outbreak documents with the names of companies, growers, processors, and retailers blacked out