here.ImageKatie Stallings, a second grade teacher, set up her classroom before her students return to school at MacFarlane Park IB Elementary, last week in Tampa, Fla.Credit...Octavio Jones for The New York TimesA judge struck down a state order requiring most Florida schools to open for in-person instruction.A Florida judge ruled on Monday that the state’s…
none of those cases have been confirmed with rigorous testing. Recovered people are known to carry viral fragments for weeks, which can lead to positive test results in the absence of live virus.But the Hong Kong researchers sequenced the virus from both of the man’s infections and found significant differences, suggesting that the patient had…
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…