On Dec. 20, 2019, a 61-year-old man from Wuhan, China, presented to the Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital with a fever and a strong cough. He'd previously been diagnosed with chronic liver disease but was exhibiting a new, pneumonialike illness. The cause was unknown. Over the next week, his respiratory distress worsened. He was placed on mechanical…
A question about a SANDF deployment in terrorist-hit Mozambique went unanswered in a parliamentary committee.According to a DA MP, SA's special forces and maritime reaction squadron have been deployed in Mozambique.ISIS has threatened South Africa if it were to get involved in the conflict. A question on the deployment of the South African National Defence Force's…
Cogta Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma responded to several written parliamentary questions about key lockdown matters, saying the applicable information is not available.Yet, she has responded to some of these matters in court papers or in response to oral questions in Parliament.Misleading Parliament in written answers is a breach of the executive members' ethics code. Cooperative Governance and…
3.32am EDT 03:32 Chinese officials have released genome data for the coronavirus traced to a recent cluster in Beijing, saying it has similarities to a European strain. China has been under pressure to share the data with the World Health Organisation. It comes after Beijing reported nearly 200 fresh Covid-19 infections. Tens of thousands of…
ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Health is looking into its testing data again, now that there are new questions about data that may have been mixed. State health officials confirmed that tests for the COVID-19 antibody have been included in the total number of coronavirus tests taken across Georgia. In a statement issued Wednesday…
Laurence Olivier, Wuthering Heights (1939) United Artists Laurence Olivier’s performance embodies Heathcliff’s dichotomy of hard and soft. Oliver’s presence on screen is distinguished and sympathetic, given his deep, dark eyes, knife-sharp jaw, and a background in Shakespearean productions that made him a household name. In the 1930s, masculinity was in a crisis (Isn’t it always?).
4 min read The following story contains spoilers for The Pitt season 2, episode 6, "12:00 P.M." LIKE SO MANY other viewers of The Pitt, I watched the show's first season in a binge. And for a show that's so fast-paced and where each episode truly bleeds directly into the next, that felt right. For
6 min read Kimmie Ng, M.D., a Boston oncologist, started noticing an alarming trend in her work a few years ago. Men in their 20s, 30s, and 40s—runners, CrossFitters, lifelong nonsmokers—were streaming through her door at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. They all appeared lively and strong—yet there they were, battling colorectal cancers, a family of