Health & Science

Monday, June 21st 2021 - 08:45 UTC
US to cover all expenses of gender reassignment surgery to war veterans

The Government of the United States Sunday announced it planned to cover the costs of sex-change surgery for veterans who wished to undergo such a treatment. Until now, only hormone therapy and psychological services were provided.
Saturday, June 19th 2021 - 15:17 UTC
Argentina records first “black fungus” death

A 35-year-old man who had had coronavirus and medical history of diabetes has been recorded as Argentina's first death caused by “black fungus,” it was announced Friday.
Saturday, June 19th 2021 - 09:53 UTC
Uruguay makes donation of 12,000 AstraZeneca vaccines to Paraguay

Uruguayan health authorities Friday made a donation to Paraguay of 12,000 doses of the AstraZeneca anticovid-19 vaccine, some of which are due to expire June 28 and the rest by the end of August, it was announced.
Saturday, June 19th 2021 - 09:09 UTC
Delta variant becoming the globally dominant variant; steep rise in the UK

The World Health Organization's (WHO) chief scientist said on Friday that the Delta variant of the coronavirus, first identified in India, is becoming the globally dominant variant.
Saturday, June 19th 2021 - 08:05 UTC
Chilean scientists sell marketing rights of alpaca-based antibody to German company

The German company NanoTag Biotechnologies has purchased from The Austral University of Chile (AUCh) the marketing license for the W25 antibody, it was announced Friday in Santiago.
Saturday, June 19th 2021 - 08:00 UTC
New study finds links between red meat diet and colorectal cancer incidence

AFP – A new paper in the journal Cancer Discovery has identified specific patterns of DNA damage triggered by diets rich in red meat - further implicating the food as a carcinogen while heralding the possibility of detecting cancer early and designing new treatments.
Friday, June 18th 2021 - 09:52 UTC
Brazilians flock into Portugal for the fourth straight year

The arrival of Brazilian migrants into Portugal has reached new levels for the fourth consecutive year even despite the coronavirus pandemic restrictions.
Friday, June 18th 2021 - 09:49 UTC
WHO focuses on possible dangers of coronavirus lambda variant

The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to focus on the possible threats by the coronavirus variant known as Lambda, which was first found in August 2020 in Peru, when it was called C.37 or “Andean.”
Thursday, June 17th 2021 - 09:26 UTC
Uruguay's GACH comes to an end

Uruguay's Group of Honorary Advisers to the Presidency in matters regarding the anti-covid-19 fight, known as GACH was dissolved Wednesday after a meeting with President Luis Lacalle Pou at the Executive Tower in Montevideo.
Thursday, June 17th 2021 - 09:22 UTC
Brazil: 19 variants of coronavirus spot in Sao Paulo state, but Delta not one of them

Brazil's Butantan Institute has identified 19 variants of the SARS-CoV-2 that were circulating in the state of Sao Paulo, with the Gamma strain -formerly known as P.1 or Manaus- spotted to have a prevalence of 89.9%.