Health & Science

• Tuesday, March 1st 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  NASA and Russians continue to operate jointly the Space Station

  

  The US space agency, NASA, said on Monday that the agency continues to operate the International Space Station with all its partners, including Russia. However, there is close contact with the State Department.

• Tuesday, March 1st 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Uruguayan children skip 2nd vaccination appointment

  

  One out every four Uruguayan children scheduled for the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine has missed their appointments over the past three days, leaving a sizable number of Pfizer units on the brink of expiration, it was reported Monday in Montevideo.

• Monday, February 28th 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  Private events to make up for missing Rio Carnival parades

  

  Tourists keep pouring into the Wonderful City (Cidade Maravilhosa) where not even Omicron is to kill the joy of its people, even if the streets will be less colorful for the second year in a row.

• Monday, February 28th 2022 - 09:34 UTC

  Oruro carnival parade goes on like before, albeit with face masks

  

  Rio de Janeiro’s street carnival parades may be off but other parts of South America are returning to their traditional celebrations following a ban during 2021 as a result of COVID-19 measures.

• Saturday, February 26th 2022 - 09:28 UTC

  Peru's vaccination chief resigns

  

  Peru's Director of Immunizations Friday turned in her resignation to the Health Ministry citing declining efforts in the area to carry out its duties.

• Friday, February 25th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  Rescuing juvenile Magellan penguins along the Uruguayan coast

  

  Uruguayan marine life protection organizations have come across an unexpected number of juvenile penguins on their annual transit to less frigid waters in neighboring southern Brazil.

• Friday, February 25th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  France and the import of meats, “Si vous plais, pas plus des antibiotiques”

  

  French poultry industry group supported the government's decree banning meat imports from animals treated with growth antibiotics, a practice prohibited in the European Union since 2006, but which still needs to be fully implemented particularly for the poultry sector.

• Friday, February 25th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  “People's Convoy” on its way to Washington DC

  

  US lorry drivers grouped under the “People's Convoy” have departed from California and are on their way to Washington DC to express their stance against COVID-19 restrictions.

• Friday, February 25th 2022 - 09:18 UTC

  A fourth dose of Sinopharm does very little to help, Chinese study finds

  

  A fourth shot of the COVID-19 Sinopharm vaccine will not provide any additional protection against the disease, according to a study from the Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou released earlier this week.

• Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 20:16 UTC

  No more caps for parties in Uruguay, if attendees are vaxxed

  

  Uruguayan health authorities Wednesday said they favored no more capacity caps for parties and indoor events for fully vaccinated people. Health Minister Daniel Salinas said his office “recommends allowing the development of all types of activity outdoors, with 100% capacity and without vaccine control.”