The remote Bay Area town of Bolinas is among the first communities in the world to attempt to test all of its residents for the novel coronavirus. Bolinas, population 1,600, will offer free tests Monday through Thursday to residents 4 years and older up, according to a statement from UC San Francisco, whose staffers will…
QUINCY (WGEM) — Blessing Hospital officials said Sunday that a Lewis County, Missouri, resident died of medical conditions complicated by COVID-19. Officials said the patient was their 80’s to 90’s. “The Blessing Health System team is saddened by the loss of a Tri-State resident to COVID-19. We express our deepest and sincerest sympathy to the…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. A spokesman for the International Association of EMTs and Paramedics warned Sunday that it's been tough for first responders to adjust to their new way of life on the front lines of the battle against the coronavirus crisis."It hasn't really gotten easier yet," the…
BERN TWP., Pa. - Berks Heim has lost its first resident to the coronavirus.Berks County Commissioner Christian Leinbach announced Saturday that an 87-year-old woman in the county nursing home's dementia unit, Essex Commons, died Friday, the same day she tested positive for COVDI-19.Leinbach said the woman first showed symptoms of the virus on Thursday."The sad…
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…