Health & Science
Health & ScienceMeningitis scare in Chile: all children five and below to be vaccinated
The Chilean government announced Sunday a plan to combat a very aggressive strain of meningitis, with 45 confirmed cases and ten deaths, and which includes a massive vaccination of all children less than five years in metropolitan Santiago and the arrival to the country of experts from the US and the Pan-American Health Organization, OPS.
Making marihuana legal voted in Colorado and Washington, defying federal law
Colorado and Washington became the first US states to legalize the possession and sale of marijuana for recreational use in defiance of federal law, setting the stage for a possible showdown with the Obama administration.
Fears the African Swine Fever outbreak in parts of Russia is out of control
According to official data from Moscow veterinary services, for the first nine months of 2012, in total 500,000 pigs were slaughtered in order to stop the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Russia.
IATTO introduces ‘climate change’ presentation for ‘Antarctic Ambassadors’
The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, IAATO, announced on Tuesday the availability of a new PowerPoint presentation designed to help the traveller understand how climate change is affecting the Antarctic environment.
War on drugs has failed and requires new radical reform, says LSE report
The global war on drugs has failed and international policy requires radical reform to remove outmoded, unscientific thinking, according to a major new report from the London School of Economics and Political Science which has been endorsed by President Santos of Colombia.
Australian icebreaker ‘Aurora Australis’ caught in packed Antarctic ice
The Australian icebreaker Aurora Australis is stuck in ice 80 nautical miles from the Antarctic coast. The vessel is heading to the frozen continent with 50 scientists from around the world to study the relationship between sea ice and marine life.
Brazil purchases high-tech oceanographic research vessel
The Brazilian government announced on Monday that it will invest 162 million Reais (81 million dollars) in the purchase of a high-tech oceanography research vessel.
Astronomers working from Chile discover Earth ‘clone’ in ‘our backyard’
Astronomers have found a new planet, the closest yet outside our solar system and just an astronomical stone's throw away at four light years, raising the chances of finding a habitable planet in Earth's neighbourhood.
Protector catches stunning sonar imagery and bathymetric survey off St Helena
The Royal Navy Ice patrol HMS Protector heading for another Antarctic season previous visit to South Africa and Falkland Islands has produced stunning sonar imagery of the wreck of a wartime RFA tanker to help salvage experts study the state of it.
US consumers increasingly demanding antibiotic-free meat and poultry
Pushing its ‘Meat Without Drugs’ campaign, the US Consumers Union recently delivered more than 500,000 signatures to Trader Joe’s in Manhattan, New York.
