2 min read ROBERT F. KENNEDY Jr is at it again, performing pullups in public. This time in the middle of Reagan National Airport. The spectacle happened soon after the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary announced the “Make Travel Family Friendly Again” campaign with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy at the Ronald Reagan
Workers in protective gear work at Westpark cemetery in Johannesburg. Luba Lesolle, Gallo Images The testing of all bodies is for the government to have a better understanding of the number of people actually dying of the virus.While funeral undertakers have raised concerns, the health department says it will pay for the tests. However, tests on…
A school classroom. Papi Morake, Gallo Images Teachers' union Sadtu believes that matric pupils will not be ready for their final exams. The union's NEC met over the weekend to discuss various issues and raise concerns. It said the framework for the reopening of schools was too rigid. The national executive committee (NEC) of the SA Democratic Teachers' Union…
DA spokesperson on health Siviwe Gwarube. The DA wants Health Minister Zweli Mkhize to disclose the names of companies that were awarded Covid-19 tenders.The party will submit parliamentary questions requesting the information "as a matter of urgency".President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a Special Investigating Unit proclamation to investigate "Covid-19 corruption" last Thursday.The DA has challenged Health…
Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Patricia de Lille (Jan Gerber/ News24) The private sector has committed R340 billion to fund some of the the 276 projects announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa during the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium (SIDS) in June.Fifty of the SIDS projects as well as 12 Special Projects have received funding commitments.They are…
The consumer group wants the USDA to release information about previously approved testing methods the department now says are unsatisfactory because of false positives. Published: June 12, 2026, 12:05 am Consumer Reports says the USDA should release information about Salmonella testing methods for some chicken products that it first deemed adequate but under the Trump
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