The family of a top New York City emergency room doctor who recently died by suicide is speaking out about the mental struggle health care workers are facing amid the coronavirus pandemic as well as the possibility that the virus may have “altered her brain” after she became infected herself. Dr. Lorna Breen, who served as…
In lieu of treatments you might find with professionals, Cuomo's wife, a luxury magazine editor, reached for a handy regimen of 'oxygenated herbs.' There is a particular brand of rich white lady wellness pseudoscience that I’ve never fully understood, but obviously has such consistent appeal that it can sustain the Goop Labs of the world.…
A respiratory therapist from Troy who was at one point intubated for 16 days and sick from COVID-19 is on the mend to recovery. Researchers are looking to learn more about whether a rare disease drug called Soliris — which she took as the first patient enrolled in a new clinical trial — helped with…
By Dixon Hayes | April 20, 2020 at 4:55 PM CDT - Updated April 20 at 5:12 PM ETOWAH COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - The coronavirus has taken an especially heavy toll on a family in East Alabama. Three members of the family, Phacethia Posey, her father Billy Ray Woods, both of Gadsden, and his nephew/her…
CLOSE There is a lot of misinformation out there about coronavirus. We sort the facts from falsehoods. WochitWOODLAND PARK, N.J. – It was the best news Steve Mastropietro could have hoped to receive.His 91-year-old father had made a near-miraculous rebound on Saturday morning after being diagnosed two days before with COVID-19.A nurse at the New…
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…