Members of the South African sports community have pulled together to encourage citizens to stay at home during the national lockdown.Led by Proteas speedster Kagiso Rabada through his Viral Wellness initiative, a number of local sports people and celebrities compiled a video of themselves engaging in various activities at home during the lockdown. Rabada has also…
"Yes, it will mutate and yes, it could hamper vaccine efforts," said Science Magazine writer Jon Cohen. But, Cohen said that if you were to compare the novel coronavirus to influenza, "they don't mutate as quickly as influenza." PBS NewsHour correspondent William Brangham sat down with Cohen on April 22 to take viewer questions, and…
Local & State Posted 11:57 AM Updated 20 mins ago increase font size The state also reported 19 additional confirmed cases and 907 overall since the outbreak first hit. Of those, 455 have recovered. Three more people have died from coronavirus in Maine, bringing the state’s total to 39. The deaths were reported late Wednesday…
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