Members of the South African National Defence Force on patrol in the Johannesburg. (Chanté Schatz, News24) Parliament wants to know why the Department of Defence is not implementing the recommendations of the Defence Force Service Commission.Recommendations are piling up and no action has been taken.Budget cuts are being blamed for most of the SANDF's challenges.Parliament's…
Ian Poulter (Getty Images) English golfer Ian Poulter hopes the Ryder Cup goes ahead this year even if it has to be played behind closed doors with no fans at the venue.The world, and by extension professional sport, has ground to a complete standstill in 2020 following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.However, some sporting…
AB de Villiers (Gallo Images) Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers is still hopeful of returning to the national side for the T20 World Cup but admits things are very much up in the air right now.With the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the T20 World Cup - slated for October and November in…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.The U.S. Department of Agriculture intends to make direct payments to farmers as part of a roughly $15 billion effort to protect the nation's food supply amid the coronavirus pandemic, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told FOX Business' Stuart Varney on…
Overwhelmed by the demands of caregiving, Quette dialed 911 when she found her teenage son downstairs in their kitchen struggling to breathe. He had rolled his wheelchair to the oven to keep himself warm as he tried to regulate his temperature, she recalled, and was drenched in sweat from an apparent infection. In that moment
KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed federal policy on vaccine research, vaping, and drug access on Science Friday on May 8. Rovner also discussed the Supreme Court decision on the abortion pill mifepristone on NPR’s Morning Edition on May 5. Click here to hear Rovner on Science Friday. Click here to hear
Here in Washington, we’ve been hearing about tensions between the White House and one of its most controversial — but, at least in some circles, most popular — figures: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Polling of likely voters indicates that the Health and Human Services secretary can be an asset to Republicans when he’s talking about improving the nation’s food supply or labeling ultraprocessed foods. But when he’s talking about removing recommendations for routine childhood vaccinations, he can be a detriment. So, when I