Health & Science

Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 15:03 UTC
Lack of confidence, Argentine government main challenge in its first year

Argentina's current government has had a wild ride in its first year of government: a sovereign default, huge debt restructurings together with sliding reserves, a currency crisis, a weak economy battered by COVID-19, and massive money printing.
Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 12:47 UTC
BAS to study impact of giant A'68 iceberg and fresh water on South Georgia's ecosystem

A research mission to determine the impact of the giant A-68a iceberg on one of the world’s most important ecosystems gets underway next month. A team of scientists, led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), will set sail on the National Oceanography Centre’s (NOC) ship bound for the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia.
Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 09:05 UTC
New variant of Covid-19 has emerged in UK, reports WHO

The World Health Organization is aware of a new variant of Covid-19 that has emerged in Britain, but there is no evidence the strain behaves differently to existing types of the virus, it said on Monday.
Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 08:58 UTC
Some 47 Chinese workers in Uganda inoculated with the Sinopharm vaccine allegedly tested positive

Despite apparently being inoculated with China's vaunted coronavirus vaccines, 47 Chinese workers in Uganda have been diagnosed with the virus, raising questions about the efficacy of the China-made products.
Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 08:29 UTC
Long food queues in Italy's financial capital and richest city of the country

Long queues have been forming outside food banks and help centers in Italy's financial capital Milan as the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus has deepened before Christmas.
Monday, December 14th 2020 - 09:39 UTC
Tax reform in Brazil stalled in the midst of political dispute and “fiscal abyss”

Brazil is heading into a “fiscal abyss” and a serious crisis next year, following the decision to postpone parliamentary debate on a bill extending emergency aid spending, lower house speaker Rodrigo Maia said on Friday
Monday, December 14th 2020 - 09:30 UTC
Bolsonaro's vaccination plan “a murderous stupidity” and a display of “lethal incompetence”

President Jair Bolsonaro faced scathing criticism on Sunday over his government's plan – or lack thereof, opponents said – to vaccinate the population against Covid-19 in Brazil, the country with the second-highest death toll worldwide.
Monday, December 14th 2020 - 08:59 UTC
Peru suspends trials with China's Covid-19 vaccine due to a “serious adverse event”

Peru suspended trials for China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine due to a “serious adverse event” that occurred with one of the volunteers for the study, the Peruvian government said in a statement on Saturday.
Monday, December 14th 2020 - 07:50 UTC
NASA to Provide Spanish-Language Coverage, Livestream of Solar Eclipse

NASA will provide live coverage this Monday, Dec. 14, of a solar eclipse that will pass over South America, treating parts of Chile, Argentina and Uruguay to views of a total eclipse of the Sun. A Spanish-language program will air on NASA Television and the public channel on the agency’s website. A separate livestream of the eclipse without narration will air on the media channel.
Saturday, December 12th 2020 - 09:54 UTC
US launches mass-inoculation campaign as FDA approves the Pfizer vaccine

United States health authorities, shipping services and hospitals stood ready on Friday to immediately launch a mass-inoculation campaign of unparalleled dimension, as federal regulators granted emergency approval to the first COVID-19 vaccine in the United States.