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Montevideo, October 13th 2026 - 21:23 UTC

Health & Science

  • Friday, April 15th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

    Endurance22 education programme

    Since the expedition was conceived, educational outreach was a key objective. The FMHT partnered with Reach the World, the US-based education organisation, and the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) who have successfully connected with tens of thousands of children throughout the expedition via regular live stream interviews and material produced for classroom use.

  • Friday, April 15th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

    No more PCR tests or vax cards to enter Chile

    Unvaccinated travelers will be allowed into the country but they might still be banned from certain activities, Cuadrado explained

    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

    Protector’s task is to update seafaring charts of Antarctic waters, deliver supplies and personnel to remote research stations, monitor wildlife and the environment

    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

    The call for applications is renewed every year, Ortúzar explained

    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

    April 10 was Doctor Bernardo Houssay's birthdate

    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

    In 2018, Paraguay was certified by the World Health Organization (WHO), as a country free of autochthonous transmission 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

    Icebergs in the Amundsen Sea.

    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

    Adhering to the recommendations is voluntary and failure to follow them entails no legal consequence

    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 with other kinds of variants, most will die off relatively quickly, Hopkins said.

    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.