Health 16 September 2020 By Clare Wilson The blood oxygen sensor on the Apple Series 6 watch uses LEDs and photodiodesApple Apple’s recently released Series 6 smart watch incorporates a new medical feature: it can measure your blood oxygen levels. The tech must have been years in the making, but the timing of its release…
Police Minister Bheki Cele appointed a special steering committee to crack down on protection money rackets in Cape Town.He described the extortionists' demands for protection money from restaurants, clubs and now coffee shops with threats of violence if they do not pay as "organised crime".The announcement comes after the City of Cape Town and provincial…
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UTT members protest outside a mortuary in Durban. Funeral parlours in the Durban CBD were shut down by protestors on Monday.The protestors, who are made up of various funeral associations, vowed that no parlour would be open while they strike.They have demanded more transformation in the funeral industry.Funerals and the collection of bodies have ground…
Wits University lecturer Danai Mupotsa believes the apologies by Clicks and Unilever for the racist advert, which described black women's hair as dry and damaged, is just window dressing.She said the protests and conversations around issues of representation and racism that are still prevalent in organisations were necessary to affirm people.Companies such as Unilever use…
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