Residents of an assisted living facility in The Villages and a Wildwood nursing home and six tri-county residents are the latest local victims of the COVID-19 virus. One of the long-term care residents lived at Serenades in The Villages, located at 2450 Parr Drive, while the other was a resident of Cypress Care Center, located…
Health officials issue warning after Florida resident is infected with a rare and usually deadly brain-eating amoebaAccording to the statement from the Department of Health in Florida, the patient contracted Naegleria fowleri in Hillsborough CountyThe amoeba can cause a rare infection of the brain called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) that destroys brain tissue and is…
By Amy Graff, SFGATE Updated 10:02 am PDT, Monday, April 27, 2020 Emiliano Garcia, 4 watches third year UCSF medical student Natalie Kucirek prick his mother's finger during an antibody test for COVID-19 during UCSF's mass testing study at Garfield Square. A comprehensive study of the virus's spread held by UC San Francisco researchers in partnership…
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…