A restaurant owner in Vermont and a professor from New Zealand are among the few to commemorate the most lethal pandemic since the bubonic plague.The 1918 flu memorial bench, center, in Hope Cemetery, in Barre, Vt.Credit...Caleb Kenna for The New York TimesMay 14, 2020Updated 8:17 a.m. ETAt Hope Cemetery in Barre, Vt., a five-ton granite…
Nearly 100 individuals have been infected at the Windsor Vallejo Nursing & Rehabilitation Center with COVID-19, Solano County Public Health Administrator Jayleen Richards confirmed to the Times-Herald on Monday. Richards said 76 residents and 23 health care workers have tested positive for the Novel Coronavirus. Richards said the Solano County Public Health Department is “working…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…