Health 9 September 2020 By Adam Vaughan A worker shovels snow during the winter months in Tokyo, JapanViola Kam/SOPA Images/Shutterstock WITH hindsight, we may come to see late summer in the northern hemisphere as the calm before the storm. While many countries in the north have suppressed the spread of covid-19 for now, there is…
168 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Massachusetts, 8 additional deaths The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported an additional 168 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the statewide total to 121,214.State health officials also confirmed eight new COVID-19-related deaths across Massachusetts, bringing the state's confirmed coronavirus death toll to 8,933.More than 2.75 million molecular…
By Sultan Anshori and Orathai SiringBALI, Indonesia/BANGKOK (Reuters) - A spike in coronavirus infections in Indonesia's holiday island of Bali and Thailand's first locally transmitted case in 100 days have dealt further blows to Southeast Asian hopes of reviving vital tourism industries.Plans to reopen Bali to foreign tourists from September have been postponed indefinitely, while…
The members of the fraternity are in a 14-day quarantine Mark Goebel University of New Hmpshire SOURCE: Mark Goebel SIGN UP FOR BREAKING NEWS Get local stories sent straight to your inbox as news breaks. Privacy Notice 11 cases of COVID-19 confirmed as result of University of New Hampshire fraternity party The members of the…
Experts say a second wave of COVID-19 cases will surge this fall, with the peak of the pandemic slated to hit after the Nov. 3 Election Day.Doctors at Johns Hopkins University are looking into what they call "Surge 2.0," where they envision a second major outbreak of the virus could potentially overwhelm medical facilities with…
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…