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• Queen’s Freddie Mercury going public with HIV diagnosis left ‘powerful’ legacy for Aids movement 30 years on Freddie Mercury speaking out about his HIV diagnosis continues to make an impact (Picture: Steve Jennings/WireImage)Freddie Mercury’s decision to go public with his HIV diagnosis was a ‘cultural touchstone moment’ which left a ‘powerful’ legacy for the Aids movement, according to the National Aids Trust.  The Queen frontman, who died 30 years ago on November 24, 1991, had revealed he was HIV positive the day before he died of bronchial pneumonia resulting from Aids at the age of 45.  Deborah…
• Authorities break up flotilla of gold miners in the Amazon By Edmar Barros, Silas Laurentino and Diane Jeantet | Associated Press ON THE RIO MADEIRA, Brazil — Hundreds of barges of illegal miners dredging for gold were navigating along the Madeira River in the Brazilian Amazon on Friday, and researchers said they posed a threat of pollution — including toxic mercury — for the broader environment. The barges were spotted this week by the municipality of Autazes, some 70 miles from Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state. Smaller gatherings of…
• Premature baby born at 22 weeks and saved by a sandwich bag is now happy and stable Parents Cayce and Dennis with little Eris (Picture: Mercury Press & Media Ltd)When baby Eris entered the world unexpectedly at 22 weeks, she weighed the same as a small can of soup (1lb 1oz). The premature baby was placed straight into a plastic sandwich bag to keep her vital organs warm. But she soon developed a series of health problems – including a staph infection caused by bacteria, pneumonia and sepsis – and was placed on a life support machine,…
• Latest line: A good week for Californians, a bad week for food banks Californians New CDC data show California’s COVID-19 transmission is coming down again, with the state moving from the red high to the orange substantial level and Bay Area counties all in the yellow moderate tier.         Food banks Skyrocketing prices from inflation have left them struggling to secure enough food for the growing number of people needing help through the pandemic.           Crab lovers Commercial crab season, which traditionally starts Nov. 15, was…
• $500 a month without strings: Bay Area’s latest guaranteed income program South San Francisco this month sent out the first $500 monthly checks to around 150 low-income families to spend however they see fit. South San Francisco is the latest Bay Area city to launch a guaranteed income pilot program – in which participants receive monthly cash payments with no strings attached – with $1 million in American Rescue Plan funds and a $100,000 grant from San Mateo County. “We’ve struggled as a society for years to deal with poverty and we…
• Freddie Mercury’s death 30 years ago changed my life forever Freddie’s death super-charged the fear already surrounding HIV in our community (Picture: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)Rumours had been circulating about Freddie Mercury being HIV positive for years and his increasingly gaunt appearance meant the announcement of his death shouldn’t have come as the greatest of shocks. But it was a huge shock to me – Freddie was so vibrant, so alive, so seemingly untouchable. The legendary Queen frontman died on 24 November 1991 – 30 years ago today – as a…
• Portugal latest European country to reintroduce lockdown measures The country’s prime minister is the latest to announce new restrictions as winter sets in (Picture: EPA; Reuters)Portugal has become the latest European country to announce the return of Covid-19 restrictions. Infection rates remain relatively low in the country but the government is rolling out restrictions early as other parts of the continent battle a fourth wave. Several countries including the Netherlands, Austria and Belgium have confirmed a return to social-distancing policies in recent days. The Portugal news comes on…
• Bay Area News Group boys high school athlete of the week: Guardian Harper, Benicia football Benicia football player Guardian Harper is the Bay Area News Group’s boys high school athlete of the week for Nov. 15-21 after receiving 44.36% of the vote by the 5 p.m. deadline Wednesday. De La Salle football player Charles Greer (38.52%) finished second and Campolindo football player Dashiell Weaver took third. Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition. Harper made the play of the night to lead Benicia into Friday’s North Coast Section Division III championship game at…
• Wednesday robbery at Canoga Park Nordstrom is latest in rash of flash mob shopping center heists A Canoga Park mall on Wednesday evening was the scene of the latest case of flash mob robberies at popular shopping and retail centers across the county. Around 7 p.m., three to five suspects entered a Nordstrom in the Westfield Topanga mall and stole nearly $25,000 worth of designer bags, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The suspects entered the store, which was open at the time, and sprayed a security guard with a chemical substance before fleeing the…
• Germany latest country to pass 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 Official figures released Thursday show Germany has become the latest country to record 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Germany’s disease control agency said it recorded 351 additional deaths in connection with the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, taking the total toll to 100,119. In Europe, Germany is the fifth country to pass that mark, after Russia, the United Kingdom, Italy and France. The Robert Koch Institute, a federal agency that collects data from some 400 regional…