COVID-19 vaccine trial shows promising results COVID-19 vaccine trial shows promising result... 03:29 A senior British official has called the latest news on an Oxford University team's potential coronavirus vaccine "extremely encouraging." The results of the Phase I/II trial of the vaccine being developed by Oxford's Jenner Institute, in conjunction with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, showed…
NEW AT NOON, THE POLK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS RE-ENACTING VISITOR RESTRICTIONS AT HOSPITALS IN POLK AND DALLAS COUNTIES DUE TO A RISE I CORONAVIRUS CASES. STARTING TOMORROW, VISITORS WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWED. HOWEVER THERE ARE A FEW EXCEPTIONS, ONE OR TWO CAREGIVERS WILL BE ALLOWED ONLY IN THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS. A PATIENT IS…
TV APP TO YOUR MOBILE DEVICE. THE STATE PERMIT OF HEALTH HAS RELEASED THE LATEST CORONAVIRUS CASE NUMBERS, ADDING 711 CASES BRINGING THE STATE TOTAL TO 101,738. IT REPORTED THREE MORE DEATHS, FOR A TOTAL OF 7018. I KASTER COUNTY HAS 32 NEW CASES, YORK COUNTY WITH 21. DAUPHIN COUNTY HAS 16 NEW CASES. FRANKLIN…
LONDON (AP) — Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot.British researchers first began testing the vaccine in April in about 1,000 people, half of whom got the experimental vaccine. Such early trials…
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…