Health & Science

• Monday, February 19th 2018 - 08:59 UTC

  US scientists discover new family of antibiotics that combat drug resistant diseases

  

  US scientists have discovered a new family of antibiotics in soil samples. The natural compounds could be used to combat hard-to-treat infections, the team at Rockefeller University hopes.

• Tuesday, February 13th 2018 - 09:35 UTC

  SCAR celebrates sixty year of international collaboration in Antarctica

  

  The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), has celebrated six decades of successful international collaboration. Since its first meeting in The Hague on February 1958, SCAR has grown an international network of thousands of scientists who share a common ambition to carry out Antarctic science for the benefit of society.

• Friday, February 9th 2018 - 10:31 UTC

  National Geographic apologizes for publishing Malvinas pictures as from the Falklands

  

  National Geographic has apologized to Tierra del Fuego governor Rosana Bertone for publishing in Instagram pictures identified as taken in the Falklands, instead of the Malvinas Islands. According to Ushuaia reports, aware of this situation, the Environment Secretary of Tierra del Fuego Mauro Pérez Toscani, on instructions from Ms Bertone addressed the National Geographic Foundation to express disappointment and demaning rectification of the Malvinas controversy.

• Wednesday, January 31st 2018 - 20:06 UTC

  Lunar trifecta: supermoon, blood moon and blue moon; NASA livestreaming

  

  It’s a once in a ‘blue moon’ occurrence and time for the moon to take the spotlight. Following the great solar eclipse last August, serendipity will strike on Wednesday 31 January, when a total lunar eclipse is set to occur at the same time as a supermoon and blue moon.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2018 - 08:54 UTC

  Widespread antibiotic resistance to bacterial infections confirmed in WHO global testing

  

  WHO’s first release of surveillance data on antibiotic resistance reveals high levels of resistance to a number of serious bacterial infections in both high- and low-income countries. WHO’s new Global Antimicrobial Surveillance System (GLASS) reveals widespread occurrence of antibiotic resistance among 500 000 people with suspected bacterial infections across 22 countries.

• Monday, January 29th 2018 - 06:55 UTC

  Punta Arenas reaffirms Antarctica links with two private support vessels

  

  Punta Arenas. Chile seems determined to remain as the main calling point for Antarctica scientific and logistics support. This month two private undertakings were inaugurated which confirmed that determination, one of them is the DAP's MV Betanzos a scientific vessel for Antarctica research, and the second in the Antarctic Warrior, belonging to the Petromar company and which has been conditioned to transport supplies and fuel to Antarctica.

• Friday, January 26th 2018 - 09:42 UTC

  Massive vaccination, 23.8 million, against yellow fever in Sao Paulo and Rio do Janeiro

  

  Brazil launched a mass immunization campaign that will deliver fractional doses of yellow fever vaccine to residents of 69 municipalities in the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The strategic plan for the campaign was developed with support from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). It will be the world’s largest vaccination campaign, to date, using fractional doses of yellow fever vaccine.

• Friday, January 26th 2018 - 09:11 UTC

  Soros blasts tech monopolies such as Facebook and Google: 'a threat to democracy'

  

  Hungarian born billionaire investor George Soros has criticised tech “monopolies” such as Facebook and Google, calling them a threat to democracy. At his annual dinner at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Soros warned that social media platforms were “obstacles to innovation”.

• Thursday, January 25th 2018 - 06:39 UTC

  Macri and Putin in Moscow reaffirm Argentina/Russia strategic relationship

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, signed on Tuesday a declaration aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation during a press conference at the Kremlin. Macri told Putin that he hoped this marked the first of many visits to the Russian capital and highlighted their countries’ mutual interests.

• Wednesday, January 24th 2018 - 08:56 UTC

  WHO confirms Dr. Carissa Etienne second term as regional director for Americas

  

  The WHO Executive Board, currently holding its 142nd session in Geneva, has appointed Dr Carissa Etienne for a second term as WHO Regional Director for Americas.