Health & Science

• Friday, June 4th 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  Baby squid sent to the Space Station for scientific experiments

  

  A resupply mission has reached the International Space Station (ISS) with fresh supplies for the astronauts, including new solar arrays and...for the first time ever two batches of tiny squids for a scientific experiment.

• Thursday, June 3rd 2021 - 08:22 UTC

  Argentine Senate passes bill to postpone primary, mid-term elections

  

  Argentina's Senate Thursday passed the bills submitted by the Government of President Alberto Fernández postponing this year's elections and changing earnings taxation for companies.

• Thursday, June 3rd 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  Tokyo 2020 volunteers keep resigning as locals oppose Olympic Games going on amidst pandemic

  

  The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, which had to be postponed last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, have suffered yet another blow Thursday when some 10,000 of the 80,000 volunteers submitted their resignations citing health grounds.

• Thursday, June 3rd 2021 - 07:32 UTC

  June 3, we celebrate World Bicycle Day

  

  Today June 3 we celebrate World Bicycle Day on June 3. A United Nations designated day, World Bicycle Day is observed as cycling has tremendous health benefits for all age groups, according to experts.

• Thursday, June 3rd 2021 - 07:16 UTC

  Biden expected to announce the distribution of 80 million coronavirus vaccines

  

  US president Jose Biden is expected to announce this Thursday Washington's plan for the distribution of 80 million coronavirus vaccines globally. The announcement was done by Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his visit to Costa Rica.

• Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 09:47 UTC

  UK reports “zero deaths” of covid-19 as summer season looms over

  

  The United Kingdom has registered a total of “zero deaths” of covid-19 in the last 24 hours, which would signal that vaccines do work, according to optimistic health care analysts.

• Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Brazil insists Copa America to go ahead and signs agreement to produce AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

  

  The Brazilian Government of President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday signed a contract with AstraZeneca for the local manufacture of that laboratory's vaccine against covid-19.

• Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 08:42 UTC

  Paraguay reports new customs surplus but health authorities need more money to face the pandemic

  

  Revenues for May at Paraguay's Customs Directorate (DNA) were estimated at around US $ 132 million, which represents its fourth consecutive month of surplus so far this year, it was reported.

• Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 08:26 UTC

  Vaccination campaign has reached more than half of Uruguay's population with at least one dose

  

  Uruguay's Public Health Ministry Tuesday reported that around 1,807,000 people, that is 51.15% of the country's population, have already been administered at least one dose of an anti-coronavirus vaccine.

• Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 06:18 UTC

  Wrong stats: Peru doubles its official Covid-19 death toll, 69,342 to 180,764

  

  Peru more than doubled its official coronavirus death toll, becoming the country with the highest Covid-19 mortality per capita anywhere in the world. The government admitted it had raised the count from 69,342 to 180,764 on the advice of a panel of health experts, which found there had been an undercount.