With physician offices not seeing patients with COVID-19 symptoms in April, Timothy Regan said he had little choice when Denver Health directed him first to its urgent care facility and then to its emergency room. "I felt bad, but I had been dealing with it for a while," he says. Ethan Welty for KHN hide…
Springboks 2020-05-02 12:28 Siya Kolisi and Rassie Erasmus (Gallo Images) SA Rugby Director of Rugby Rassie Erasmus says the Springboks are working as hard as ever - despite the lockdown - to build on the Rugby World Cup victory of last year.Register your interest for the British & Irish Lions tickets in South Africa 2021Erasmus…
After a 39-year-old federal prison employee died and later tested positive for the new coronavirus, employees are speaking up about what they said are unsafe conditions at the facility where she worked. The Bureau of Prisons on Friday confirmed its first staff death potentially due to COVID-19. Robin Grubbs, a caseworker at the United States Penitentiary…
First came reports of a deadly virus spreading quickly in China, then evacuation flights and two-week quarantines on a military base in Fairfield, then an outbreak on a cruise ship that had departed from San Francisco and, by late February, a small but growing number of cases of coronavirus in the Bay Area. Within weeks,…
A color-coded map from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation shows which states are projected to reach thresholds for easing social distancing restrictions at various times. Click on the map for a larger version. (IHME Graphic) The University of Washington epidemiologists who set up a widely watched model projecting the future…
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…