Pupils at Rosendaal Senior Secondary in Delft, Cape Town, during the Covid-19 pandemic. Roger Sedres, Gallo Images via Getty Images It has been a tough three months for a lab employee and young mother to parent a child sitting at home while at work.With more pupils returning to school some parents will work well knowing…
Texas Children’s Hospital said it is providing additional capacity through ICU and acute care beds across its campuses to both pediatric and adult patients. HOUSTON — Texas Children’s Hospital confirmed it is admitting adult patients to free up hospital beds across Houston as cases surge. In a statement sent to KHOU 11, Texas Children’s Hospital…
Ricardo Torres and Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 8:11 a.m. CT May 29, 2020 | Updated 9:58 a.m. CT May 29, 2020CLOSEChildren's Hospital of Wisconsin believes it has identified seven suspected cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children in Wisconsin, the first known cases in the state. The cases have been referred to the Wisconsin Department…
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors around the country are reporting instances of a mysterious inflammatory condition in children linked to the coronavirus.In Los Angeles, doctor's at Children's Hospital are treating three young patients with the condition and they expect to see more.The condition is similar to Kawasaki Disease, a rare, complex…
Cincinnati Children's Hospital is now one of four sites in the United States taking part in a COVID-19 vaccine trial.It's a global effort that has doctors at the local level excited about the potential.Children's Hospital said this trial started in Germany last week, where some of the first human participants were given a candidate vaccine…
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…