Reagents — substances used to carry out tests — and pipettes remain in short supply in many places, and the machines that run the tests are expensive and time-consuming to build.There are also limits on collection sites, exacerbated by rising summer temperatures. Staff at testing sites, standing outside in full-body protective gear, must rotate more…
San Luis Obispo County reported 44 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the county's total to 611 confirmed cases as of June 30.It's the county's largest single-day increase in cases since the pandemic began.Fourteen people are hospitalized, including six patients who are in the ICU.Another 140 people are recovering at home and 456 people…
By Gilbert Cordova & Cheyenne Mathews |  Posted: Mon 1:03 PM, Jun 29, 2020  |  Updated: Mon 4:18 PM, Jun 29, 2020 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The State of Alaska has announced 25 new positive cases of COVID-19 in Alaska. There are 21 new resident cases and four new nonresident cases. The 21 new resident cases…
long-struggling Marshall County.The revelation about the teen on a ventilator in Huntsville indicates COVID-19 is not restricted to attacking the older population even as the average age of a COVID hospital patient is in the mid-50s, Spillers said.“Young people are not immune,” Spillers said. “This is the first teenager we’ve had in ICU, the youngest…
The continued wave of coronavirus People who went to a bar in Michigan at any point during a recent 9-day period have been asked to self-quarantine after dozens who visited the establishment contracted the coronavirus. So far, 76 COVID-19 cases have been linked to the bar, Harper's Restaurant & Brewpub in East Lansing, the Ingham County Health…
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…