The Crusaders join the Super Rugby Aotearoa fray this weekend, only adding to the allure of Round Two.As 10-time champions, they have notched plenty of imperious victories over South African foes.Every now and then, SA opponents have left them with seriously bloodied noses.Super Rugby Aotearoa got off to a largely rip-roaring start without them ...…
The rare heart bone, called the os cordis, found in chimpanzees.Image: University of NottinghamScientists in the United Kingdom have discovered a rare bone, called the os cordis, in chimpanzees with a common heart condition. The implications of this finding could extend to humans, who share a close genetic relationship to chimps.Cattle, buffalo, and sheep have…
A general view of the University of Cape Town on January 21, 2020 in Cape Town. Gallo Images/Jacques Stander Nicoli Nattrass, a professor at UCT, has been accused of racism after she published an academic piece.UCT’s Black Academic Caucus says racism at the institution is being ignored.Read both side of the argument here.A storm has…
The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus. To help keep this news free, become a member and sign up for our newsletter, Outbreak Today. In theory, Skylar Herbert was not someone who was likely to have contracted the coronavirus. Far younger than those considered vulnerable…
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