Published: May 23rd, 2020 - 9:33pm (EDT)Updated: May 23rd, 2020 - 9:34pm (EDT)SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (TEGNA) — A pair of hairstylists who tested positive for the coronavirus have potentially exposed at least 140 clients to the disease, officials in Missouri said this week.The exposure to COVID-19 happened at a Great Clips in Springfield, according to the…
President Donald Trump’s decision to tell the world he was taking hydroxychloroquine during the coronavirus pandemic sparked the kind of concern and backlash one would expect over a treatment that packs the chance of having deadly side effects. But those medical worries weren’t as troubling to some long-shot Republican congressional candidates, who are grabbing the opportunity…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.A patent-pending system worn under face masks to sanitize the air and neutralize live viruses such as COVID-19 through ultaviolet light exposure may soon be available from a company called Oracle Lighting.The new “Antimicrobial Irradiation Respirator,” or AIR device, is…
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that some treatments appear to be limiting the severity or length of the COVID-19 disease and that it was focusing on learning more about four or five of the most promising ones. FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Health…
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…