With a coronavirus vaccine still months off, companies are rushing to test what may be the next best thing: drugs that deliver antibodies to fight the virus right away, without having to train the immune system to make them.Antibodies are proteins the body makes when an infection occurs; they attach to a virus and help…
More and more companies are announcing retrenchments as part of business rescue plan. An increasing number of companies are filing for business rescue and considering retrenchments as part of the rescue process.Labour lawyers say they are within their rights to do so but they must follow the law and if not, workers have a recourse.There…
Imagine attending a doctor's appointment with the same ease that you use Uber (UBER) and Lyft (LYFT) to travel, DoorDash for food delivery and Amazon (AMZN) for shopping. Telemedicine companies are making that happen. X And using your smartphone or computer to see your doctor is now several steps closer to being the norm. The…
The adage of Kodak meeting its end because it failed to adapt to market changes is, by now, something of a cliché.The 131-year-old company is probably as famous for having its revenue fall from $16 billion in 1996 to $1.2 billion in 2019 as it is for making cameras.In a more philosophical take, author of…
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…