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Health & Science

  • Monday, January 15th 2024 - 09:22 UTC

    Nutrition survey in Falklands by Newcastle University

    Besides the Falklands, the study includes Turks and Caicos, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar and Bermuda.

    The Falkland Islands are of five British Overseas Territories that have been chosen to participate in a nutrition study carried out by the UK- based, Newcastle University.

  • Friday, January 12th 2024 - 10:29 UTC

    Second victim dies of equine encephalitis in Argentina

    All 10 cases in the province of Buenos Aires required hospitalization, with only four of them discharged so far

    Health authorities in the Argentine province of Buenos Aires Thursday confirmed the first death due to Western equine encephalitis in the territory which was also the second nationwide. The victim was a 74-year-old woman with comorbidities from a semi-rural area. All 10 cases in the province -in General Viamonte, Junín, Leandro N. Alem, Arrecifes, Baradero, La Plata, Ramallo, Campana, and Bragado- required hospitalization, with only four of them discharged so far.

  • Friday, January 12th 2024 - 10:25 UTC

    Paraguayan experts call for action against Covid-19

    “Right now we have a Covid epidemic,” Cabello said

    Paraguay's Director General of Health Surveillance, Águeda Cabello, this week echoed a recommendation by the country's leading physicians to wear face masks in healthcare facilities as the number of Covid-19 cases is reported to be on the rise.

  • Thursday, January 11th 2024 - 17:13 UTC

    BAS staff awarded Polar Medal in 2024 New Year's Honors List

    Vicky, Nicholas, Claus-Dieter and Simon Wright.

    British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have been awarded a Polar Medal in the 2024 New Year’s Honors List for their contributions to improving our understanding of Antarctica and enduring harsh Antarctic conditions.

  • Thursday, January 11th 2024 - 16:59 UTC

    Avian Influenza detected in mammals in Sub-Antarctica for the first time; DEFRA funds for FlluTrailMap

    HPAI was first suspected on Bird Island off the northwest coast of South Georgia in October 2023 after the deaths of several brown skua.

    The presence of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) was confirmed on Thursday 11 January for the first time in mammals in sub-Antarctica. The disease was detected in elephant and fur seals on the island of South Georgia by experts from the UK’s world-leading Animal Plant Health Agency (APHA).

  • Thursday, January 11th 2024 - 11:06 UTC

    Brazilian-developed vaccine against Covid-19 registered by Anvisa

    The recombinant Zalika vaccine is monovalent for the original SARS-CoV-2 virus

    The new vaccine against Covid-19 developed by the Brazilian company Zalika Farmacêutica has been entered into the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) this week, Agencia Brasil reported. The drug can be used in people aged 12 and over and is to be administered in two doses, 21 days apart, with boosters after 6 months for those over 18 years of age.

  • Wednesday, January 10th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

    Increase in number of Covid-19 cases reported in Argentina

    Cases went up significantly from Dec. 18-24 to Jan. 1-7

    An increase in the number of Covid-19 cases has been reported by local media this week in Argentina -particularly in the City of Buenos Aires, the Province of Buenos Aires, Chaco, Jujuy, and Tucumán- and some people are beginning to fear an encore of the 2020 lockdown measures in the winter season.

  • Tuesday, January 9th 2024 - 11:29 UTC

    Montevideo wages sanitary war against mosquitoes

    People should wear long-sleeved shirts, and long pants “because we have no choice,” Rousserie said

    Montevideo City authorities are upping precautions in the presence of disease-transmitting mosquitoes. City Health Director Hugo Rousserie urged residents to take measures and explained that critical places where puddles appear, such as cemeteries, were monitored closely.

  • Monday, January 8th 2024 - 12:20 UTC

    Chile's health minister wants people to show up for vaccination against Covid-19

    “Every time there are new variants there is the probability that cases will increase again,” Aguilera explained regarding Pirola

    Chile's Health Minister Ximena Aguilera launched an appeal to the citizenry to update their vaccination schedules given the appearance of the JN.1 variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, also known as Pirola, of which an outbreak is feared after the strain was detected in over 40 countries.

  • Saturday, January 6th 2024 - 11:08 UTC

    Dengue kills yet another patient in Argentina

    Health authorities in the Argentine province of Corrientes (northeast) Friday confirmed the death of a patient who had tested positive for dengue, thus increasing the number of fatalities to three this summer.