Residents of Sunninghill, Johannesburg have created a 'trike' for reclaimers in their neighbourhood. The bicycle, with a trailer attachment, will be used to transport recyclable materials. PHOTO: Zoë Postman/GroundUp Reclaimers have become a common feature on Johannesburg's roads as they go about cleaning the city.A group of 20 reclaimers will soon be scooting around the…
@itchybyte) pic.twitter.com/ZQ7oaTYdAA— Team News24 (@TeamNews24) May 1, 2020Selfies were taken very quickly, but people kept moving. Restaurants and businesses along the strip remained closed.By 08:55 the atmosphere changed - there was a rush to return home or to a vehicle. At 09:02, the first whoop of a police siren was heard as a mum and…
Enforcing social distancing during the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic is a tough thing to do, but the suburban town of Westport, Connecticut, might have found the most over-the-top solution yet: deploying specialized police drones to yell at people who aren’t standing six feet apart, as spotted by Gizmodo. In a post on Facebook announcing the…
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