Thousands of years ago, hippos swam in the Rhine. This has now been discovered by a research team that also includes scientists from the Reiss-Engelhorn Museums in Mannheim. The “Upper Rhine Rift Ice Age Window” project has shown that the animals swam in the Rhine around 30,000 years ago, and numerous bones were examined for … Read more
According to the Ministry of Health, Baden-Württemberg is in the middle of the fourth corona wave. The development of the number of infections confirms this. In Baden-Württemberg, relevant values for coronavirus infections continue to rise. The authorities are currently (as of 4 p.m.) registering 131 Covid 19 cases in the intensive care units, 15 more … Read more
A German-Israeli research team examined the death data during the Corona period. Accordingly, the excess mortality in Germany was below that of neighboring European countries. The excess mortality, i.e. the number of deaths in excess of the mortality usually expected, was lower in Germany than in neighboring European countries. This is the result of studies … Read more
For five years, the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament was a guest in the stone hall of the State Museum in Mainz. Now his actual seat, the historic Deutschhaus, has been completely renovated and the parliamentarians can move. But state parliament president Hendrik Hering does not want to give the stone hall back to the museum: Instead, … Read more
Thousands of corona vaccinations by a Neu-Ulm family doctor may be ineffective. According to the doctor’s own statements, the vaccine has not been cooled sufficiently. – Dr. Christian Kröner has become known nationwide as a so-called “Impfluencer”. SWR The Neu-Ulm family doctor Christian Kröner, who was in the media nationwide because of his vaccination campaign … Read more
A Koblenz pharmacy has called the supervisory authority into action with homeopathic beads against Corona. The sale was banned. The pharmacist said she had used leftovers from vaccination doses at a vaccination center. The product was “blocked” as a precaution, announced the Rhineland-Palatinate State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Supply as the pharmacy supervisor … Read more
The vaccinations against the coronavirus have just started when mutations are appearing. In the podcast, an infectiologist explains why he is not very worried despite the new virus variants. For Till Koch from the Bernhard Nocht Institute in Hamburg, virus mutations do not come as a surprise: “First of all, it is quite normal to … Read more
The British variant of the corona virus has reappeared in Baden-Württemberg. The Ministry of Health reports two new cases. A couple from the Ortenau district is affected. A test of the woman was positive for the virus variant on Wednesday. She had apparently been infected from her partner, who fell ill after a business trip … Read more
If you get symptoms under the Christmas tree, you can also get tested for Corona on the holidays. The Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians has published an overview of the test centers in Rhineland-Palatinate. In more than 240 Corona contact points in Rhineland-Palatinate, patients will also be treated from December 24, 2020 to January … Read more
After five years of excavation, archaeologists have discovered more than 600 skulls in an Aztec ruin. The remains probably belonged to enemy warriors. Archaeologists in Mexico discovered a total of more than 600 skulls after five years of excavation in an Aztec ruin. During the recent uncovering in the newly discovered eastern part of the … Read more