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Health & Science

  • Monday, March 8th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

    Brazilian state of Mato Grosso admits its hospital network has collapsed

    The health authorities of Mato Grosso said in a statement that 59 patients needing intensive care beds have been turned away from the state's hospitals

    Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, the largest grain producer in the country, announced on Sunday that its hospital network has begun to collapse, as there is a lack of intensive care beds due to the increasing number of patients suffering from COVID-19.

  • Monday, March 8th 2021 - 08:25 UTC

    EU medicines' regulator calls for refrain in approving Russia's Sputnik V vaccine

    “We need documents that we can review. We also don't at the moment have data... about vaccinated people”, said EMA managing board head Christa Wirthumer-Hoche

    A senior European Medicines Agency (EMA) official urged European Union members on Sunday to refrain from granting national approvals for Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V while the agency reviews its safety and effectiveness.

  • Saturday, March 6th 2021 - 09:59 UTC

    Bolsonaro tells Brazilians stop whining about the pandemic and Sao Paulo governor calls him “crazy guy”

    “Stop whining. How long are you going to keep crying about it?” Mr Bolsonaro said at an event.

    President Jair Bolsonaro has told Brazilians to “stop whining” about Covid-19, as he criticized measures to curb the virus despite a surge in cases and deaths. His comments came a day after Brazil saw a record rise in deaths over a 24-hour period.

  • Saturday, March 6th 2021 - 07:10 UTC

    Rossby Waves, and Wave-7

    A winter temperature 25°C colder than usual for the time of year is rare, but this is not the first time it has snowed in Texas

    Bt Gwynne Dyer – It used to blast straight east all the way around the planet, but even then it occasionally developed long S-shaped kinks called Rossby waves: Big loops extending far north and south of its usual track.

  • Friday, March 5th 2021 - 08:57 UTC

    Dramatic Covid-19 situation in Southern Brazil threatens Rivera, Uruguay

    Uruguay is very concerned, and threatened, by the situation in the city of Rivera, bordering the Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul state, where the number of infections is alarming and continues to grow, while the Intensive Care Centers in the capital Porto Alegre are saturated.

  • Friday, March 5th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

    American Airlines cancels routes from the US to Montevideo and Santiago

    The airline has now announced its routes from the USA to Montevideo, Uruguay and Santiago, Chile will also be stopped

    American Airlines has extended the suspension and cancellation of numerous international flights including to regions that have not yet been severely impacted by the coronavirus, such as Latin America. The Fort-Worth-based airline says on 10 March that it is cutting summer international capacity by about 10% and April domestic capacity by 7.5% in response to decreasing demand.

  • Friday, March 5th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

    Icelandair's 42 hours flight to Antarctica and home again

    The charter flight included offloading provisions for the research station's staff who will remain at Troll this winter, and to pick up scientists returning to Norway

    In its presentation, Icelandair says it usually flies closer to the Arctic Circle, but on this occasion, the trip was 4 days and 42 flight hours from the top of the world to the bottom, and home again. On Friday, February 26, an Icelandair Boeing 767 (TF-ISN), landed at Troll airfield (QAT) at the Troll research station operated by the Norwegian Polar Institute in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica.

  • Friday, March 5th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

    The Haves and Have-nots of the Digital Age

    Despite the promise of digital transformation, it can also drive unequal outcomes in education, opportunities, and access to health care and financial services

    By Gita Bhatt (*) – Accelerated by the pandemic, the digital future is coming at us faster than ever before, and maybe faster than we can imagine. In this issue, we explore the possible consequences —the good, the bad, and the gray.

  • Thursday, March 4th 2021 - 18:21 UTC

    Uruguay: Pepe Mujica says the pandemic helped Lacalle Pou’s government

    Former president Pepe Mujica (2010-2015) said that Uruguay “had the opportunity to start vaccinating three months ago and we let it pass because we were confident or for ideological reasons”

    The former Uruguayan president José “Pepe” Mujica criticized the government of Luis Lacalle Pou and assured that the Covid-19 pandemic “helped” to improve his image. ”The pandemic is white (in reference to the color of the ruling party)“ and ”brought a big help“ to the government, said the former president in a radial interview on Wednesday. ”He has no responsibility, but he positioned himself well in the situation and knew how to take advantage of it”, he assured.

  • Thursday, March 4th 2021 - 08:47 UTC

    White House financial support for Merck and Johnson & Johnson to speed vaccine production

    J&J was contracted to deliver 200 million doses to the federal government by the end of May and roughly a billion doses globally by end-2021. Photo: Getty Images

    White House senior adviser Andy Slavitt told reporters on Tuesday that the federal government is planning to spend US$100 million to help the joint partnership between Merck & Co and rival Johnson & Johnson accelerate vaccine production.