There has been extensive coverage on the virus and its effect on the lungs, but there is growing data that COVID-19 can also pose a real threat to your heart.Over the weekend, doctors had to amputate the right leg of well-known Broadway actor Nick Cordero because of blood clot complications.The 41-year-old husband and father has…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Could you have been infected with the novel coronavirus but not have known it, having reported no symptoms?It’s possible, as new reports suggest that many people have experienced the virus in this way, meaning COVID-19 may be less deadly than initially…
The nursing home sent an email to families Wednesday that might as well have been attached to a live grenade.Total Center Census: 101Number of Residents Symptomatic and on Center Watch-List: 80Number of COVID Residents in the Center and Hospital: 13Residents with COVID test pending results: 2Total Number of deaths: 33Total Number of deaths with COVID…
By Graham Lawton A London health care worker takes a man from an ambulance.Justin Setterfield/Getty Images We know that older people are more vulnerable to covid-19, but another major risk factor has emerged: being male. The first signs of a sex difference in covid-19 severity emerged from hospital records in Wuhan shortly after the city…
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…