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Montevideo, January 13th 2026 - 00:28 UTC

Health & Science

  • Wednesday, January 7th 2026 - 15:06 UTC

    Elisha Kent Kane Society awards Gold Medal to Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust trustee Mensun Bound

    Mensun expressed his gratitude and thanked the Society for the work it did as custodians of Elisha Kent Kane’s considerable legacy

    At a recent black-tie dinner in Manhattan, the Elisha Kent Kane Historical Society, presented its Gold Medal to Mensun Bound, Trustee of the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust (FMHT). The prestigious award was in recognition of his role in discovering Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance that sank beneath the ice of the Weddell Sea on 21 November 1915. The search, which was directed by the FMHT, working in close collaboration with the deep-water robotics company Ocean Infinity, found the wreck at a depth of 3008 m on 5 March 2022.

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  • Wednesday, January 7th 2026 - 08:42 UTC

    Argentine health authorities concerned over growing number of superflu cases

    So far, no deaths have been reported, but precautions must be taken

    Argentina's Health Ministry and the ANLIS-Malbrán Institute have confirmed a rise in cases of Influenza A (H3N2) subclade K —popularly dubbed the “superflu”—, with 18 confirmed detections in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA), and the provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Cruz, Neuquén, and Mendoza. So far, no deaths have been reported.

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  • Monday, December 29th 2025 - 10:36 UTC

    Pumas shift to eating penguins along Argentine coast

    Lonely hunter pumas now operate in groups, given the abundance of penguins

    A recent study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B has documented an unprecedented ecological interaction in Argentina, where Pumas (Puma concolor) are hunting Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) along the Patagonian coast as a direct result of historical human intervention.

  • Monday, December 29th 2025 - 10:32 UTC

    NASA Chief pledges lunar base shortly

    Isaacman spoke of “the hub of a nascent orbital economy”

    Newly confirmed NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has announced that the United States is accelerating its space agenda, with plans to return to the Moon and establish a permanent lunar base in the near future.

  • Friday, December 26th 2025 - 22:03 UTC

    Brazilian eVTOL flying car performs unmanned flight

    The unmanned flight helped test the integration of essential aircraft systems

    Eve Air Mobility, a subsidiary of Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer, has conducted the first flight of the full-scale prototype of its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in Gavião Peixoto, São Paulo state.

  • Friday, December 26th 2025 - 10:20 UTC

    Bolsonaro remains hospitalized after hernia surgery

    A new procedure on Bolsonaro might be deemed necessary on Dec. 29

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro remains under heavy guard at the DF Star Hospital in Brasília following a three-hour surgical procedure to repair a bilateral inguinal hernia. The surgery, performed on Christmas Day, was described by medical staff as successful and without immediate complications.

  • Friday, December 19th 2025 - 21:34 UTC

    Superflu makes it to Argentina and Brazil

    The primary concern for health officials remains low vaccination uptake

    Health authorities across South America are on high alert following the confirmed detection of the Influenza A (H3N2) “K subclade” in Argentina and Brazil. The variant, which has already triggered emergency protocols in Chile and Bolivia, is characterized by genetic mutations that may increase transmissibility, though experts emphasize it does not currently appear to be more lethal than standard flu strains.

  • Friday, December 19th 2025 - 08:36 UTC

    Argentina: National Bioethics Commission created

    The body -replacing previous entities with overlapping roles- will be chaired by Health Minister Mario Lugones

    The Argentine government has officially established the National Bioethics Commission through Decree 893/2025. Operating under the Ministry of Health, this new body will serve as the country's sole regulatory authority on health-related ethical evaluations and scientific research.

  • Friday, December 19th 2025 - 08:27 UTC

    Health alerts issued in Chile and Bolivia following superflu detections

    Health authorities in both countries insisted that current influenza vaccines remain the most effective defense against severe illness and death

    Health authorities in Chile and Bolivia have activated emergency epidemiological protocols following the confirmed arrival of a new, highly transmissible variant of Influenza A (H3N2), known as the K subclade (also referred to as “supereflu”).

  • Tuesday, December 16th 2025 - 10:08 UTC

    Peru confirms first 2 cases of H3N2 “variant K” flu

    Both cases have been discharged from their hospitals and reported to be out of danger

    Peru's Health Ministry (Minsa) officially confirmed on Monday the detection of the first two cases of the Influenza A (H3N2) subclade K variant in the country, just one day after issuing a national epidemiological alert to monitor the potential entry of respiratory diseases during the holiday season.

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