It’s been more than three months since Donnie Bruce landed in the emergency room at Kaiser Santa Teresa in San Jose with the coronavirus, but ski buddies continue to check in with texts and Facebook messages. “They still call me, ‘Man, you alright? You OK?'” the 69-year-old Hollister retiree said. “I tell them, ‘I’m fine,…
In late March, Dottie Hickey got a call from Luxor Nursing & Rehabilitation at Mills Pond, the nursing home where her sister lived. The 79-year-old was being moved to make space for incoming hospital patients recovering from coronavirus. Ms. Hickey was told the St. James, N.Y., facility had no choice but to take in these…
Kim Jong Un, the North Korean dictator, is recovering Tuesday from a cardiovascular procedure, according to a South Korean media reports.The Daily NK, an online news periodical based in Seoul, which is run mostly by North Korean defectors, reported that Kim was recovering from his April 12 surgery at a resort county villa on the east coast. The…
New York City has been hit hard by the novel coronavirus. America's largest city and its suburbs have more known infections than any nation outside the U.S., and in just over a month, COVID-19 has killed more than four times as many New Yorkers as did the September 11th terrorist attacks.New York City overwhelmed by…
Published on Apr 15, 2020Giuliano Biagioni, 36, became critically ill with COVID-19 after returning from vacation to St. Maarten in March. He spent nearly a week on a ventilator and says he was in so much pain he was willing to "do anything" to stay alive.»»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos: http://bit.ly/1RreYWSConnect…
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…