Health & Science

Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 20:50 UTC
Italian pharmaceuticals to be produced in Chile with Bill Gates grant

The Bill Gates Foundation has allocated a grant to Italian company ReiThera Srl to produce Chile vaccines against COVID-19, it was announced.
Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 16:06 UTC
No COVID-19 deaths in São Paulo, Brazil, in one full day

The Brazilian State of São Paulo Monday recorded its first day without deaths due to COVID-19 since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020.
Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 09:25 UTC
Biden's administration wants vaccination to proceed despite Court's order

US Government officials of Joseph Biden's administration Monday insisted the presidential vaccination mandate should remain in force despite a federal court's issuance of a stay against it last Saturday.
Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 08:03 UTC
Argentine pharmaceuticals agree to freeze meds prices

The Government of Argentina and the local pharmaceutical companies have agreed to freeze the price of medications until Jan. 7, 2022, the Health Ministry and the Domestic Trade Secretariat announced Monday.
Monday, November 8th 2021 - 20:54 UTC
Tourists welcome again in US after 20 months

The Government of the United States Monday reopened the country's land and air borders Monday to foreign visitors who are vaccinated against COVID-19.
Monday, November 8th 2021 - 14:00 UTC
Argentine health ministers support national gov't's decision to vaccinate children

Health Ministers of jurisdictions other than the federal government have lined up together behind their national colleague Carla Vizzotti after the latter was accused of lying when she recommended vaccinating children aged 3 to 11 with Sinopharm.
Monday, November 8th 2021 - 09:11 UTC
Brazilian scientists turn down medals in repudiation of President Bolsonaro

A group of Brazilian scientists who were awarded the National Order of Scientific Merit have decided to turn down the honours after President Jair Bolsonaro chose to remove one of them from the list.
Monday, November 8th 2021 - 08:50 UTC
Federal court grants stay on Biden's vaccination mandate

A federal court of appeals has granted a stay on US President's Joseph Biden's mandatory vaccination against covid-19 for employees working for companies with staffs of 100 or above, it was announced.
Saturday, November 6th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
France, Netherlands and Britain on bird flu alert following a hundred outbreaks

With Europe reporting over a hundred outbreaks of bird flu in recent months, the Netherlands and now France have ordered poultry farmers to keep their chickens indoors. The poultry lockdown measure has already been in place in certain areas in France since September.
Saturday, November 6th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Germany ponders return to lockdowns amid 4th wave of COVID-19

German health authorities were said Friday to be entertaining the thought of returning to quarantine as a possible response to the growing number of COVID-19 cases.