(CNN) — A California family says their identities were stolen and used in a Facebook ad for a company selling a protective mask that claimed to have saved the youngest son in a family of five from Covid-19. “It was sickening and it was violating,” said Sara Ancich, 45, of Orange County after seeing the…
A New York woman with coronavirus symptoms died last week after being prescribed a drug cocktail with known cardiac side effects, and family members say she was not tested for COVID-19 or for heart problems before receiving the medication.The family’s experience suggests that at least some physicians are prescribing hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin — drugs President…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.A shocked mother discovered a photo of her family in a Facebook video for a face mask that claimed most of the family members pictured had died of COVID-19.The image, a professional photo of the Ancich family taken for a holiday card…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.A family in Alabama said they were denied entry to a storm shelter on Easter Sunday during a severe storm because they didn't have enough face masks during the coronavirus pandemic.More than 30 people were killed in a two-day period as severe storms tore across the South, leaving 1…
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…