Health & Science

• Friday, April 15th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  No more PCR tests or vax cards to enter Chile

  

  Chile has lifted the requirement to submit a negative PCR test or proof of vaccination against COVID-19 for foreigners wishing to enter the country, effective Thursday, it was announced.

• Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Drones give HMS Protector the cutting edge to punch through polar ice

  

  Drone experts from Culdrose have given the Royal Navy’s Antarctic research ship ‘eyes in the sky’ to help Ice Patrol HMS Protector punch through the polar ice. Seventeen of the icebreaker’s crew are now qualified in operating drones from the deck of the ship, which has just completed her stint around the frozen continent for this season.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 09:28 UTC

  Argentina's Antarctic office looking for 2023 campaign scientists

  

  Argentina's National Antarctic Directorate (DNA) is looking for engineers and students of computer and electronic engineering to fill a dozen technical positions during the winter at the permanent bases Orcadas, Belgrano II, San Martín, Marambio, and Carlini in 2023.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2022 - 23:32 UTC

  Argentine scientists plant sapling of Newton's tree to celebrate Researcher's Day

  

  A sapling of Sir Isaac Newton's apple tree has been planted in Argentina's Science Park as part of the festivities marking the April 10 Researcher's Day held by the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), The National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA), the Ministry of Science, and the Science Cultural Center.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2022 - 09:22 UTC

  Paraguayan health experts warn of risk of malaria

  

  Paraguay's Health Ministry has advised that anyone returning from a country with malaria transmission and who presents fever, chills, headache, or any other discomfort should consult a physician. The disease is potentially fatal if not diagnosed and treated in time.

• Friday, April 8th 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Brazil records first case of COVID-19 due to XE variant

  

  A 39-year-old patient in the Brazilian city of São Paulo has been determined to arguably be the first in the region with the Omicron XE variant of coronavirus.

• Thursday, April 7th 2022 - 09:34 UTC

  New link between greenhouse gases and sea-level rise, BAS scientists

  

  Advanced ocean modeling techniques reveal how greenhouse gas emissions contribute to warmer oceans and the resulting melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. A new study by scientists Kaitlin Naughten and Paul Holland from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) provides the first evidence that rising greenhouse gases have a long-term warming effect on the Amundsen Sea in West Antarctica.

• Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Although not mandatory, Montevideo wants to keep sanitary measures

  

  Even after Uruguay's national Government has decreed the end of the sanitary restrictions stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, the City Hall of Montevideo Tuesday urged the population to keep wearing facemasks “in buses, cabs, and other means of passenger transport.”

• Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 09:05 UTC

  Scientists now watching “recombinant” lineages of SARS-CoV-2

  

  As cases of COVID-19 worldwide are waning down and more so are the disease's deadly effects, scientists worldwide are beginning to harbor new concerns over the appearance and spread of the so-called recombinant lineages of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.

• Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  COVID-19 booster shots are better if specific brands are used

  

  According to a study released Tuesday by Brazil's Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), patients who have taken the two-shot scheme of CoronaVac's drug would be better off if they receive a booster injection of the Pfizer vaccine.