Share on PinterestNew research cautions about the specificities of COVID-19 patients who also have adrenal gland dysfunction. The new article is the result of a collaboration between three experts in endocrine disorders, including diabetes. It begins by stating: “In our professional lives, we have not witnessed a healthcare crisis of this magnitude and severity.”The COVID-19…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.COVID-19 patients may be contagious with coronavirus two to three days before their symptoms show, according to a research study in China.The research was published Wednesday in the journal Nature Medicine. “Patients with the respiratory disease COVID-19 may begin to shed, or excrete,…
More than 50,000 people have now recovered from the novel coronavirus in the U.S., according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. remains the epicenter of the outbreak, with more than 610,000 confirmed cases, including over 26,000 deaths, to date.Cases continue to emerge and the official figure for the number of recoveries…
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…