There is concern that political violence has flared up again in KZN.Police Minister Bheki Cele announced eight possible political killings in the months of May and June.Cele said a special political investigating team was looking into the recent spate of killings.Concerns have been raised that there could be a possible resurgence of political killings in…
In a possible breakthrough, an Israeli Defense Ministry-run laboratory claimed it had completed successful coronavirus vaccine trials on rodents, paving the way to further testing on other animals and then possibly human trials. In a paper published Friday on the website of bioRxiv, an online repository for papers that haven’t yet been peer-reviewed, the Israel…
Sara Karnes, Springfield News-Leader Published 10:47 a.m. CT June 18, 2020 | Updated 2:27 p.m. CT June 18, 2020CLOSEAutoplayShow ThumbnailsShow CaptionsLast SlideNext SlideStone and Taney County Health Department officials notified the public Thursday morning of an individual visiting the area while symptomatic before returning to their home county and testing positive for COVID-19.The unidentified person…
Inside one of the new production facilities the China National Biotec Group (CNBG) has built for manufacturing a Covid-19 vaccines CNBG announced that one of the potential vaccine candidates had completed phase one and phase two clinical trials. Photo: The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission China National Biotec Group (CNBG) says tests show its…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.At least two children’s hospitals in Texas have recently treated pediatric patients for a mysterious inflammatory syndrome that experts have said is likely related to the novel coronavirus.Two hospitals in Houston — Texas Children’s and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital —…
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…