Month: February 2023

Strep A spike alert in Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria

A killer bacterium that has claimed the lives of dozens of children in the UK is now spreading in Australia. Cases of Streptococcus A, also known as group A streptococcus, have doubled in Western Australia in the past three months, with Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria also seeing a surge in cases. Bacteria found

Pope Francis: More than a million people attended Papal Mass in DRC

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo CNN — Over a million people attended Pope FrancisMass mass in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Wednesday, the Vatican press office said, citing data calculated by local authorities. Francis’ trip to the DRC – the first visit by a pope since 1985 – comes