It's not shocking to see cases of the flu jump up during respiratory virus season. But there's been enough talk about the so-called "super flu" swirling around that it's fair to wonder what's going on out there. “Flu has really taken off in the last week in this country,” William Schaffner, MD, an infectious disease
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The famous Big Tree in Tsitsikamma in the Eastern Cape has been relaunched and opened to the public after a closure of almost three years.The reopening comes as the country's borders is expected to open to the international community.The newly renovated Big Tree is expected to bring much-needed employment and economic development to the area. At…
By Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporterRaleigh, N.C. — Gov. Roy Cooper is candidate Roy Cooper again, running for re-election after a four-year term marked by power struggles with the General Assembly's Republican majority. Early in his term, the state repealed House Bill 2, the notorious law that restricted transgender access to public bathrooms and blocked…
The Grahamstown High Court has sentenced a man to 20 years in jail for killing his 74-year-old mother. Kwanele Mqeni, 36, was sentenced on Friday. Mqeni was out on a warning on another separate matter for assaulting family members. Police spokesperson Captain Jackson Manatha said Mqeni killed his mother hours after being released from prison. Manatha said, in July…
2 min read PEPTIDES HAVE EXPLODED in popularity in the past few years. While none have been more popular than GLP-1s (yes, they’re actually peptides too), another contender is emerging as a possible treatment for obesity. Meet the MOTS-C peptide. If you’ve crawled on the biohacking threads on Reddit, you might have seen it mentioned
Taylor Farms has recalled all of its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico. Published: July 21, 2026, 12:04 am The outbreak of infections from the microscopic Cyclospora parasite continues to grow, with Michigan alone reporting an increase of more than 1,000 cases over the weekend. In relation to the outbreak, Taylor Farms has recalled
Published: July 20, 2026, 12:04 am Recent illnesses highlight the need to include Clostridium botulinum spores and cereulide toxin as relevant hazards in powdered infant formula, according to scientists. Ingestion of botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT)-producing clostridial spores can result in infant botulism. Cereulide production during the manufacture of arachidonic acid (ARA) oil, an optional ingredient in