Health & Science

• Friday, December 24th 2021 - 09:16 UTC

  Chile to start applying fourth dose of COVID-19 vax in 2022

  

  Chilean health authorities Thursday announced a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine is to be administered to people over 60 years old, while a survey has shown an overwhelming support for mandatory vaccination at workplaces.

• Thursday, December 23rd 2021 - 09:09 UTC

  Life expectancy falls in the US due to COVID-19

  

  A report released Wednesday has shown that life expectancy in the United States has dropped in a way unseen since World War II as a consequence of the spread of COVID-19.

• Thursday, December 23rd 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  WHO issues emergency approval for Novavax

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an emergency approval for the Novavax drug against COVID-19, which has thus become the 10th vaccine available in the fight against the rapidly spreading disease.

• Thursday, December 23rd 2021 - 08:45 UTC

  66-million-year-old fossil dinosaur embryo found in China

  

  Chinese researchers have found a perfectly preserved dinosaur embryo. The egg was in all likelihood preserved by a sudden landslide that buried it, according to scientists. The discovery is also said to shed some light on the link between modern birds and dinosaurs.

• Wednesday, December 22nd 2021 - 23:05 UTC

  Uruguay, EU agree on reciprocity regarding digital vaccination certificates

  

  Uruguay Tuesday became the fifth country to join the European Union's covid-19 certificate program. It is also South America's first.

• Wednesday, December 22nd 2021 - 13:01 UTC

  Biden outlines new COVID-19 situation in the US amid Omicron

  

  US President Joseph Biden Tuesday said the new Omicron variant of SARS-Cov-2 was something “we should all be concerned about,” but it was nothing to panic for those fully vaccinated. ”If you got your booster shot, you’re highly protected,” he added.

• Wednesday, December 22nd 2021 - 10:35 UTC

  Former GACH expert against Uruguay's easing on COVID-19 measures

  

  Uruguayan COVID-19 expert Rafael Radi, a former coordinator of the Honorary Scientific Advisory Group (GACH), has said in an interview that eliminating the second PCR test for those arriving into his country was a “somewhat bold” measure he would have not recommended.

• Tuesday, December 21st 2021 - 20:55 UTC

  First death of Omicron COVID-19 reported in US

  

  The first death in the United States from the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been reported Tuesday in Harris County, in the state of Texas.

• Tuesday, December 21st 2021 - 20:50 UTC

  Bolivian lorry drivers stranded in the middle of the Andes with Covid-19 and snow

  

  Scores of Bolivian lorry drivers and their vehicles were reported Monday to be stranded on the Chilean border at Tambo Quemado after at least 200 of them tested positive for COVID-19. They claim they had departed with negative PCR tests from 72 hours before the beginning of their journeys. The border crossing now is closed and snow is falling.

• Tuesday, December 21st 2021 - 20:34 UTC

  British PM says no lockdown before Christmas, but maybe later

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Tuesday admitted there will be no lockdown before Christmas in the United Kingdom, but at the same time, he admitted no course of action could be ruled out post-Dec. 25 in the fight against COVID-19.