Baltimore Sun | May 10, 2020 | 4:09 PM Maryland officials reported Sunday that the state has confirmed 1,053 new cases of the coronavirus. Officials said Maryland totaled 32,587 cases of COVID-19. Twenty-eight more people died due to complications from the illness since Saturday, bringing the state total up to 1,538 fatalities. UPDATE: The @MDHealthDept is…
An exclusive analysis of Santa Clara County death records shows the coronavirus is hitting hardest in the poor, largely Latino neighborhoods of East San Jose, where death rates are far higher than in wealthier areas. According to records obtained by the Bay Area News Group, more than a third of the county’s first 100 deaths…
Baltimore Sun | May 10, 2020 | 11:14 AM Maryland officials reported Sunday that the state has confirmed 1,053 new cases of the coronavirus. Officials said Maryland totaled 32,587 cases of COVID-19. Twenty-eight more people died due to complications from the illness since Saturday, bringing the state total up to 1,538 fatalities. UPDATE: The @MDHealthDept is…
Posted: May 9, 2020 / 02:49 PM EDT / Updated: May 9, 2020 / 04:58 PM EDT SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — COVID-19 continues to rear its ugly head in Onondaga County, as four more people have died from the virus in the past 24 hours. At Saturday’s press conference, Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon said…
Scientists have identified a new strain of the coronavirus that has become dominant worldwide and appears to be more contagious than the versions that spread in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study led by scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory.The new strain appeared in February in Europe, migrated quickly…
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…