April 22, 2020 | 2:18am Enlarge Image Nurses at Providence Saint John's Health Center were previously suspended for refusing to treat patients without N95 masks. Lizabeth Baker Wade via AP At least 10 nurses are heading back to the COVID-19 ward this week after being suspended for demanding protective respirator masks, the National Nurses United…
Plasma recipient going home Michael Kevin Rathel, an Orlando man who was in a medically-induced coma and on a ventilator due to COVID-19, is back home after receiving a life-saving convalescent plasma. ORLANDO, Fla. - With their faces covered in masks, countless doctors, nurses and staff from Orlando Health lined that path cheering as Michael…
A Pennsylvania hospital allegedly used the open bed of a pickup truck to transport bodies in broad daylight Sunday afternoon amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report on Monday.Upon arrival at the Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office, the driver of the Ford F-150 XLT was captured unloading the bodies to be taken inside one of the facility's three refrigerated trailers.The…
3 Bay Area counties share data in report published by CDC By Mike Moffitt, SFGATE Updated 2:22 pm PDT, Monday, April 20, 2020 FILE: EMTs move a stretcher at the Gateway Care and Rehabilitation Center on Thursday, April 9, 2020, in Hayward, Calif. FILE: EMTs move a stretcher at the Gateway Care and Rehabilitation Center on…
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…