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Montevideo, November 21st 2024 - 13:52 UTC

Health & Science

  • Friday, May 24th 2024 - 09:19 UTC

    Standing ovation in Parliament for Craig Mackinlay, “The Bionic MP”

    Last December, Mackinlay's hands and feet were amputated. And it wasn't long before he got prosthetics for his missing limbs – a welcome solution but difficult to adjust to.

    Craig Mackinlay, a conservative member of Parliament serving South Thanet, was given a standing ovation by his peers on return to his bench in Westminster. The “Bionic MP” as he likes himself to be called has prosthetic hands and feet, which were amputated following a septic shock, and the quick reply from his wife a pharmacist.

  • Monday, May 20th 2024 - 10:30 UTC

    Uruguay purchases scientific hydrographic research vessel from the US

    Mt Mitchell is considered ideal for oceanography research such as chartering, sea bottoms studies, geophysics research, checking on submarine cable lines

    Uruguay has purchased a private scientific hydrographic vessel, from a United States company, Global Seas LLC, and has paid US$ 3,5 million, according to official information from the government.

  • Saturday, May 18th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

    BAS marine biologist elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society

    Professor Lloyd Peck has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society

    Professor Lloyd Peck, Science Leader and marine biologist at British Antarctic Survey (BAS), joins over 90 exceptional researchers from across the world in being elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences.

  • Saturday, May 18th 2024 - 09:14 UTC

    Cambridge will vote to award Freedom of the City to Ice Patrol HMS Protector

    HMS Protector has very close links with the British Antarctic Survey and the Scott Polar Institute, both in Cambridge.

    Next 23 May a full council meeting from the landlocked city of Cambridge will decide on plans to award the Royal Navy Ice Patrol HMS Protector, Freedom of the City.

  • Tuesday, May 14th 2024 - 10:35 UTC

    Falklands, Anti-stigma campaign on Mental Health supported by FIG and UK

    The KEMH Public Health Unit are keen to hear from anyone in the community who either has a current or past experience of a mental health challenge

    This Mental Health Awareness week Monday 13 – Sunday 19 May 2024 the KEMH Public Health Unit are launching a second survey focusing on developing an anti-stigma campaign for the Falkland Islands.

  • Tuesday, May 14th 2024 - 09:44 UTC

    Falklands: Pharmacy Department's repeat prescriptions delays

    If a patient is travelling overseas for extended periods of time, the Pharmacy Department will endeavour to provide up to three months supply of prescriptions

    The Falkland Islands Pharmacy Department would like to remind the public of the process to receive a repeat prescription while the Department is temporarily short-staff, as there could be a delay in the timing for collections of orders.

  • Monday, May 13th 2024 - 10:36 UTC

    Recipient of modified pig kidney dies 7 weeks after procedure

    Slayman had been the first person alive to receive such an organ after several trials on brain-dead bodies

    Rick Slayman, a 62-year-old man who had received a genetically modified pig kidney on March 16 at Massachusetts General Hospital, died this weekend. He had terminal kidney disease when he received the organ during a four-hour operation that was considered a scientific milestone. The transplantation of organs from one species to another is a growing field known as xenotransplantation.

  • Monday, May 13th 2024 - 01:30 UTC

    A case of classical 'mad cow' (BSE) confirmed in a farm in Scotland

    The case was identified as a result of routine surveillance and stringent control measures, the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) said.

    A case of classical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), 'mad cow' has been confirmed on a farm in Ayrshire, Scotland, with movement restrictions in place on four farms. The case was identified as a result of routine surveillance and stringent control measures, the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) said.

  • Friday, May 10th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

    India will host significant Antarctica research and environmental meetings

    India’s first Antarctic research station, Dakshin Gangotri, was established in 1983. At present, India operates two year-round research stations: Maitri (1989) and Bharati (2012).

    India through the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), will host the 46th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM 46) and the 26th Meeting of the Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP 26) from May 20 to 30, 2024, in Kochi, Kerala. This is in line with India’s poise to facilitate constructive global dialogue on environmental stewardship, scientific collaboration, and cooperation in Antarctica.

  • Thursday, May 9th 2024 - 18:34 UTC

    New FLiRT variants of SARS-Cov-2 spreading in US

    The FLiRT variants have two additional mutations that set them apart from JN.1

    Health authorities in the United States are warning about the latest version of Covid-19 with the appearance of the so-called FLiRT variations, which represent the new version of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which was detected the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in sewage samples. Between April 14 and 27, a FLiRT variant called KP.2 accounted for around 25% of the detections, up from about 10% in the previous two-week period ending April 13.