Health & Science

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.”
Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 09:36 UTC
Ice core drilling in Antarctica to discover environment evolution over the last 1,5 million years

The first ice core drilling campaign of Beyond Epica-Oldest Ice has been successfully completed at the remote Little Dome C site in Antarctica – one of the most extreme places on Earth. By analyzing a deep ice core extracted from the Antarctic ice sheet, scientists aim to find out information on the evolution of the temperatures, the composition of the atmosphere, and on the carbon cycle over the last 1.5 million years.
Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 09:20 UTC
Face masks stay but all other COVID-19 measures lifted in Paraguay

Paraguayan authorities Tuesday announced all COVID-19 restrictions would be lifted except facemasks and vaccination.
Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 09:50 UTC
COVID-19 starts decline in Chile, minister says

Chile's Health Minister Enrique Paris Monday said contagion of COVID-19 had already rached its peak Feb. 11 when 38,446 new cases were recorded, but it has been dropping ever since.