Oregon has 2,002 known cases of COVID-19, according to Oregon Health Authority data released April 21. The state now counts 78 deaths as officially caused by COVID-19. The number of patients currently in the hospital due to confirmed or suspected cases is at 297, with 70 in the ICU and 35 on ventilators. Sixteen days ago, Oregon had…
Ken Loredo didn’t learn about the two dozen COVID-19 cases at the long-term care facility where his mother lives until the Illinois Department of Public Health released the data for the first time over the weekend. “We hadn’t heard anything at all,” Loredo said. “I was pretty shocked.” Loredo said his mother has had great…
9.32am EDT 09:32 The Guardian’s Kenya Evelyn reports: In a faux campaign ad appearing to mock Joe Biden, Donald Trump tweeted a 2017 clip of the former vice president recalling his time at a community pool in his home state of Delaware. “So I learned about roaches, I learned about kids jumping on my lap,”…
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…