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Dr. Peter Hotez warns about dangers of reopening schools with this level of transmission in community. HOUSTON — As we begin a new work week, Houston is reporting more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases for the fifth day in a row. The city also reported eight new deaths related to the virus. "I certainly don't…

Perception and Mind Lab at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, MD, have turned this view on its head. They carried out a series of experiments to find out how people detect objects under different conditions. They suggest that the brain’s representation of an object includes how someone perceives it — not just how it truly is.…

ANC deputy secretary general Jessie Duarte talks about the party's new anti-racism campaign.Duarte discusses racial tensions in the United States and whether South Africa is truly a rainbow nation.On Thursday, Duarte called on South Africans to wear black every Friday for three weeks to take a stand against racism.This week, the world watched as cities…

 interview with Ministerial Advisory Committee member Professor Glenda Gray.Last week, Gray came under fire over comments in which she criticised some of the government's lockdown regulations as "unscientific" and, in some cases, thumb-sucked.In the interview, she claimed there were increased malnutrition cases in children at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital - a comment she later clarified. Gray also…

Good morning, Do our genes decide whether or not we are vulnerable to severe cases of Covid-19? That’s the implication of new research, which found that people with a genetic mutation that increases the risk of dementia are at least twice as likely to suffer severe symptoms if they catch the coronavirus – regardless of…