26% of registered voters said that healthcare was the single most important issue when deciding their vote for president. Fast-forward 8 months, and the same KFF poll for September shows that nearly a third of the electorate now have the economy as the key deciding factor (32%). Healthcare has dropped to fifth place, with just…
By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool The new NHS Covid-19 app for England and WalesDan Kitwood/Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 24 September NHS Covid-19 app goes live in England and Wales but testing and tracing still limited…
(Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) Nigel Owens will become the first referee to take charge of 100 Tests after being appointed to oversee France's Autumn Nations Cup clash with Italy on 28 November.It will be the 49-year-old Welshman's second game of the newly-created tournament that replaces the traditional autumn tours, which have been scrapped because…
Eskom has issued a load reduction notice for various high-density areas in five provinces on Thursday evening as it battles to prevent network overloading which often leads to explosion of transformers.Electricity will be cut off from 17:00 to 22:00 around Soweto, the Vaal, Newcastle, Ehlanzeni and Mopani District in Limpopo. The power generator said it…
Life 24 September 2020 By Jake Buehler A male of the new species of fairy shrimp found in Iran’s Lut DesertMilan Pallmann Tiny freshwater shrimp live in the world’s hottest desert – and their eggs can lay dormant for years when water is scarce. In 2006, satellite measurements recorded temperatures in the Lut Desert reaching…