Summary New cases of COVID-19 in King County have been identified that might have gone undetected, thanks to volunteer participants who collected their own sample at home and sent to a lab for testing. In additional news, testing has been made available for symptomatic first responders and health care workers who cannot access testing through…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.As officials cautiously begin discussing potential steps to take in order to safely reopen the country without creating another spike in new coronavirus cases, antibody or serology testing has become an increasingly hot topic.New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday…
In addition to a rapid ramp-up of testing for the coronavirus, Minnesota will need a seriously scaled-up corps of people to retrace the steps — and personal contacts — of those who are infected before the state can begin to return to something approaching normalcy. They’re called “contact tracers,” and state plans estimate they’ll need…
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…