UPDATE:DHSS announced today there are 53 residents in 12 communities: Anchorage (31), Fairbanks (6), Eagle River (3), Valdez-Cordova Census Area (3), Ketchikan (2), Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area (2), Wasilla (2), Juneau (1), Kodiak Island Borough (1), Kusilvak Census Area (1) and Willow (1).There are also 4 new nonresident cases. Municipality of Anchorage (2 visitors, 1 tourism…
Maine CDC reports 12 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported no new coronavirus-related deaths and 12 new cases on Wednesday.The number of Mainers with COVID-19 who have died remains at 114.The 12 new cases brings the total in Maine to 3,578.A total of 3,079 Mainers have…
San Luis Obispo County says a sixth county resident who tested positive for COVID-19 has died.Health officials say the individual was in their 90s and lived at a long-term care facility for the elderly. They say the patient was infected through person-to-person spread at the facility."This disease is spread person-to-person in SLO County, which means…
Maine CDC reports no new coronavirus deaths, 8 new cases, 54 new recoveries The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported no new coronavirus-related deaths and 8 new cases on Tuesday.The number of Mainers with COVID-19 who have died remains at 114.The 8 new cases brings the total in Maine to 3,566.A total of…
By Alexis Simmons | July 13, 2020 at 6:18 PM EDT - Updated July 13 at 6:59 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A MUSC doctor says two children in South Carolina who were diagnosed with a rare condition linked to COVID-19 have recovered. The condition is called Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in children known as MIS-C.…
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…