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A researcher at the German Center for Immunity Therapy holds a bag containing blood plasma from a recovered COVID-19 patient at the University Hospital Erlangen on April 27, 2020 in Erlangen, Germany. This plasma could be used to treat people with COVID-19. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images A researcher at…

Flooding in Khayelitsha after heavy rains (Supplied) Some residents in informal settlements have been left homeless after heavy rains in Cape Town.According to the City's Disaster Risk Management, no emergency shelters have been activated.Trees were uprooted, roads were flooded and power cuts were experienced across the city.Several residents of informal settlements in Cape Town have…

A veranda collapsed in central Durban. One person has died and many are believed to be trapped after a veranda collapsed in central Durban.The number of injured people is still to be confirmed.It is reported that a section of an outside balcony collapsed. One person has died and several people are believed to be trapped after…

Brittany TaylorAward-winning journalist, mother, YouTuber, social media guru, millennial, mentor, storyteller, University of Houston alumna and Houston-native.

CONNOR BAMFORD, THE CONVERSATION 17 APRIL 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the world, killing thousands and bringing economies to their knees, doctors, scientists and governments are on the lookout for safe and effective treatments to help those who are sick. And yet a large issue with COVID-19 is that there is,…