for subscribers 1h ago Lloyd Burnard Share your Subscriber Article You have 5 articles to share every month. Send this story to a friend! Enter recipient email address Subscribers can listen to this article Beresford Williams (Gallo) The organisation is currently walking the most delicate of tightropes, trying with what is left of its collective…
MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) - Wisconsin health officials say another 5,099 COVID-19 tests have come back Sunday, with 537 people testing positive. The state’s total confirmed case count now sits at 75,337 since testing began in February.According to the Department of Health Services, 10.5% of the tests were positive for COVID-19, the illness brought on by…
Letseng in Lesotho. Photo: Rene Burger/Storm report SA Rene Burger/Storm report SA In what could be a chance to buck the downturn, a small African miner has found a giant diamond that could be worth up to $18 million.This is around R309 million at current rates. Gem Diamonds Ltd. said Friday it had an unearthed a…
Share on PinterestResearch based on computer modeling finds that Ebselen could be a promising drug against COVID-19.The recent study, which appears in the journal Science Advances, could help develop Ebselen as a new treatment for COVID-19. The study also provides clues as to which other existing drugs scientists should prioritize in the hunt for effective…
There’s still so much we don’t know.The 2020 coronavirus and 1918 influenza are two highly contagious respiratory diseases that spread around the world in months, and lacked a vaccine when they first occurred. People couldn’t understand why they affected some people more than others. For the 1918 flu, healthier, younger people were most at risk.…
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…