Health & Science

Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 09:54 UTC
Uruguayan football club wants mental health help as yet another player commits suicide

The suicide of 29-year-old footballer Diego Galo of Amateur First Division club Sportivo Bella Italia prompted calls for mental health assistance to players nationwide following a string of similar events over the past few years, it was reported in Montevideo.
Monday, December 4th 2023 - 08:03 UTC
Equine encephalomyelitis, Argentina declares sanitary emergency; Uruguay reports first case

Argentina has finally declared a sanitary emergency in all of its territory, following an increase in equine encephalomyelitis, EE, and anticipates “immediate, extraordinary, exceptional measures to contain further outbreaks of the virus disease”.
Friday, December 1st 2023 - 09:46 UTC
Uruguayan scientific, military team flies to Antarctica

A group of over 40 Uruguayan military and scientific personnel were flown to Antarctica aboard an Ururuguayan Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport aircraft in a move to promote 14 projects in the areas of geosciences, life sciences, social and human sciences, as well as environmental monitoring, it was reported Thursday in Montevideo.
Thursday, November 30th 2023 - 10:11 UTC
Uruguay and Paraguay take action to prevent equine encephalomyelitis

Paraguayan and Uruguayan health authorities have been reported to be taking preventive measures regarding a possible outbreak of equine encephalomyelitis.
Tuesday, November 28th 2023 - 10:27 UTC
Outbreak of equine encephalomyelitis in several Argentine provinces

Argentina's Animal Health and Food Quality Service, SENASA, has officially reported positive results of alphavirus, equine encephalomyelitis from regional labs in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Corrientes and Santa Fe, where samples of nervous or dying horses were collected.
Saturday, November 25th 2023 - 10:49 UTC
International scientific team to research Antarctic ecosystems on RRS Sir David Attenborough

A team of international researchers set sail on the Falklands flagged RRS Sir David Attenborough last Monday, 20 November to answer some of the big questions about how Antarctic ecosystems and sea ice drive global ocean cycles of carbon and nutrients.
Friday, November 24th 2023 - 10:00 UTC
WHO wants data from China on respiratory disease affecting children

The World Health Organization (WHO) has requested that Chinese health authorities explain the rapid spread of a respiratory disease among children.
Wednesday, November 22nd 2023 - 08:14 UTC
Avian Influenza outbreak in South Georgia expanding, GSGSSI and BAS survey

Last month, October 2023, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) was confirmed on Bird Island, South Georgia in the brown skua populations. Since then, a number of other cases of symptomatic birds and above baseline mortality have been reported to the Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI).
Sunday, November 19th 2023 - 14:13 UTC
Taylor fan dies in Rio's scorching heat

A 23-year-old fan of US pop music star Taylor Swift died Friday night of a heart attack amid Rio de Janeiro's historic heat wave that is already casting doubts on next Tuesday's World Cup football playoffs clash between Brazil and Lionel Messi's reigning world champions Argentina at the iconic Maracana Stadium.
Saturday, November 18th 2023 - 10:28 UTC
Free supply of oral contraception at local pharmacies for women in England

Thousands of women across England will soon be able to get the contraceptive pill at their local pharmacy without needing to contact their GP first, according to a release from the Government. From next month, pharmacies across the country will begin offering the new service for the first time, increasing choice for women in how they can access contraception.