By Jason Arunn Murugesu Naked mole rats have poor hearing and now we know whyNEIL BROMHALL / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Naked mole rats have poor hearing because, unlike other mammals, they have abnormal outer hair cells which cannot amplify sound. The animals could be used to model human deafness and help develop treatments. “Naked mole…
Customers wearing protective clothing and face masks enjoy a drink at the Wellington Pub in Borehamwood, England. Pubs have opened in the UK after a lockdown.But police in the UK say there has been poor observing of physical distancing.Police said they had to deal with fights and other unruly behaviour during the weekend.Britain's police said…
An excerpt of a conversation including City of Cape Town Mayco members JP Smith and Malusi Booi has been circulating on social media.It shows a housing official responding that Bulelani Qolani's newly rebuilt shack will have to be demolished, "with or without a naked man".A High Court order allows the City to remove any new…
Cape Town Mayor Dan Plato says City footage shows that Bulelani Qolani was clothed "moments" before his eviction.However, he maintains he doesn't condone that the man was dragged out of the shack naked.Four law enforcement officers were suspended amid a public outcry and many people are accusing the City of being anti-poor.Cape Town Mayor Dan…
Cape Town mayor Dan Plato admits the actions of four law enforcement officials caught on camera manhandling a naked man in Khayelitsha were shameful.Plato has, however, said municipalities across South Africa have a duty to prevent illegal land occupation.Since 2018, 357 hectares of private and public land had been invaded in Cape Town, he said.Cape Town…
(Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) As Grace Griffin and her husband were welcoming their long-awaited baby — a daughter — Griffin found herself worried about looming medical bills and unsure if their family could pay for the care they needed. “This whole experience has me wondering (keeping me up at night, actually): Can we ever afford
LYON, France — Halving the dose of antenatal betamethasone given to prevent severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in infants does not appear to affect later intelligence quotient (IQ) scores or other measures of neurodevelopment, suggests a follow-up study of a randomized trial. However, it is unclear from the present data, presented at the Congress of
After years of searching for affordable health insurance, Trey Wright discovered Georgia Pathways to Coverage. The state’s limited Medicaid expansion program allowed the 27-year-old living in the rural city of Jesup in southeastern Georgia to finally visit a primary care doctor regularly. It also covered weekly shots to manage an array of allergies, saving him