Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.COVID-19 patients may be contagious with coronavirus two to three days before their symptoms show, according to a research study in China.The research was published Wednesday in the journal Nature Medicine. “Patients with the respiratory disease COVID-19 may begin to shed, or excrete,…
Share on PinterestThe data that are available so far indicate that there are significant differences between how the sexes respond to the new coronavirus.There are many ways in which the pandemic itself affects people’s day-to-day lives, and gender — understood as the ensemble of social expectations, norms, and roles we associate with being a man,…
By Sam Wong , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool A worker in Bilbao, Spain on Tuesday 14 April.H. Bilbao/Europa Press via Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 5.45 pm on 14 April Some European countries begin easing restrictions Some European countries are allowing certain non-essential workers to return to their jobs…
We can't lose sight of the climate emergency when dealing with the covid-19 pandemic, say Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac Health | Comment 1 April 2020 By Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac Josie Ford WE HAVE known for some time that 2020 was going to be a milestone year for the climate change crisis, requiring…
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…