Government has won a string of cases challenging different aspects of the Covid-19 lockdown and the Disaster Management Act. Law experts say this is because the courts want to enforce separation of powers. Thuli Madonsela said despite the legal wins for government, they are losing public support for its effort to fight the coronavirus. Government may be…
Thirty five residents and 17 staff members of a Goodwood home for the aged tested for positive for Covid-19.The cases emerged earlier in June when it was discovered that the four people who had died, had the coronavirus.A 97-year-old resident is still in hospital but there are signs that the resident will beat the virus.Thirty five…
The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are spread across 17 states. There are 454 patients who have
A senior adviser at the Department of Health and Human Services spent this week posting three claims about food safety on X, each one preceded by a red exclamation point and the word FACT. As of Thursday, August 20, 2026, CDC counts 10,930 people sick in the federal Cyclospora outbreak, at least 454 of them hospitalized, two
Nurse Crystal Dhooghe is used to dealing with blood and broken bones in the emergency room. But she didn’t expect to witness so much violence against her own colleagues. “I’ve seen nurses get shoved, pushed, scratched. The biggest one is bitten,” said Dhooghe, who works at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Michigan. The