live updates on the current COVID-19 outbreak and visit our coronavirus hub for more advice on prevention and treatment.The team of researchers, led by Marien Hospital Herne and Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Herne, Germany, compared the T cell responses of 28 COVID-19 patients during the acute phase of the infection and after recovery in survivors. Of…
Five people killed in a car accident in Gauteng. Five people were killed while one sustained critical injuries after a car collided head on with a bakkie on the R512, near Lanseria airport on Friday. According paramedics, the accident happened around 07:07 in the morning. "Five patients from the car had sustained fatal injuries and were declared…
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Dillyn Leyds (Getty Images) Rob Houwing, Sport24 chief writer The Stormers started 2020 lean on fullback resources … and suddenly the cupboard looks even barer.Confirmation by head coach John Dobson that Dillyn Leyds, his most experienced specialist in the berth by some distance, is off to La Rochelle in France – effectively meaning his tenure…
Laurence Olivier, Wuthering Heights (1939) United Artists Laurence Olivier’s performance embodies Heathcliff’s dichotomy of hard and soft. Oliver’s presence on screen is distinguished and sympathetic, given his deep, dark eyes, knife-sharp jaw, and a background in Shakespearean productions that made him a household name. In the 1930s, masculinity was in a crisis (Isn’t it always?).
4 min read The following story contains spoilers for The Pitt season 2, episode 6, "12:00 P.M." LIKE SO MANY other viewers of The Pitt, I watched the show's first season in a binge. And for a show that's so fast-paced and where each episode truly bleeds directly into the next, that felt right. For
6 min read Kimmie Ng, M.D., a Boston oncologist, started noticing an alarming trend in her work a few years ago. Men in their 20s, 30s, and 40s—runners, CrossFitters, lifelong nonsmokers—were streaming through her door at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. They all appeared lively and strong—yet there they were, battling colorectal cancers, a family of