Metro [UK]
23 April 2020
Teacher gave birth in car park when paramedics thought
husband was cheering them on
A teacher has described how she gave birth to her baby
son in a supermarket car park after an ambulance failed to stop because the
driver thought the baby’s father was just cheering them on. Hannah Howells and
husband Andy, from Hamble, Hampshire, were driving to the Princess Anne
Hospital in Southampton on April 19 when she realised they were not going to
arrive in time. […] ‘We saw an ambulance coming in the other direction. Andy
was trying to wave, but they quite rightly thought we were clapping for the
amazing work they’re doing.’ […]
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Los Angeles Times
25 April 2020
Did Lupe Hernandez invent hand sanitizer? An origin
story debated amid coronavirus.
Over the last decade, the legend of Lupe Hernandez
from Bakersfield has bounced around the medical world. Haven’t you heard? She’s
the student nurse who invented hand sanitizer. Or so the story went. Most
accounts give a specific date for her breakthrough: 1966. Some say Hernandez
did it at Bakersfield College, prompted by a lack of soap and hot water. Others
claim that this novice Florence Nightingale registered a patent for her
concoction, but bigger companies such as Gojo Industries, the makers of Purell,
appropriated it. […]
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Inforum [Fargo, ND]
6 May 2020
Building demolition stirs up legend of cow rumored to
be buried at NDSU
FARGO — For years, many who roamed the campus of North
Dakota State University wondered if a dairy cow was buried in front of the
geosciences building, and now the legend connected to “Moo U” may be uncovered,
literally. The geosciences building was demolished last week in preparation for
construction of a $51 million science facility meant to replace the nearby
Dunbar Hall, which also will be demolished after construction is completed in 2
½ to 3 years. […] But before razing began, crews dug in the northwest corner in
front of the geosciences building, where it was believed Noble’s Golden
Marguerite, a record-setting Jersey cow from the early 20th century, was laid
to rest in 1932. […]
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