By Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Dexamethasone is the first drug anywhere in the world that’s been found to reduce mortality from covid-19.Felipe Caparros Cruz / Alamy Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 17 June UK begins using dexamethasone to treat covid-19 patients Covid-19 patients in the UK are being treated with dexamethasone…
announced they had begun including probable as well as confirmed cases in its tallies.The new inclusion pushed the state’s death tally past 7,000 and the total number of cases past 100,000.In terms of confirmed numbers, the state reported 48 new fatalities and 326 new cases.The state said that, in using the new figures, it was…
The military has begun testing troops for COVID-19 antibodies, and might soon ask them to "stick your arm out" to draw blood for possible use as a novel coronavirus therapy, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley said Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has urged caution, warning that current antibody tests can yield…
A nursing home resident | Getty Images New Jersey officials have begun identifying all of the state’s long-term care facilities and detailing coronavirus cases and deaths that have occurred in them after weeks of pressure from families desperate to know if the outbreak has reached their loved ones’ residence. “Repeatedly, we have reinforced their obligation…
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…