Health & Science

Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 09:07 UTC
Hepatitis of unknown cause: 28 cases under scrutiny in Brazil

Brazil's Health Ministry Thursday announced it was following 28 cases nationwide of acute childhood hepatitis of unknown origin, which are “still under investigation.”
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Wednesday, May 11th 2022 - 09:29 UTC
More BA.2 subvariant cases in Uruguay, but fewer deaths

Uruguay's Health Minister Daniel Salinas Tuesday told a group of opposition lawmakers at the Parliament that the latest data showed a sustained growth of the BA.2 subvariant of the SARS-Cov-2 Omicron strain detected in the country since February.
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Wednesday, May 11th 2022 - 07:15 UTC
Belgian researchers find new angle to tackle SARS-CoV-2

Belgian scientists have developed a mechanism that could potentially prevent the SARS-CoV-2 virus from infecting humans, according to a paper published Tuesday in Nature.
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Tuesday, May 10th 2022 - 09:41 UTC
British scientists support NASA rocket mission to uncover atmosphere secrets

The British Antarctic Survey, BAS, Space Weather team are supporting a new NASA experiment which aims to uncover unique features of our atmosphere that enable life on Earth.
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Tuesday, May 10th 2022 - 09:25 UTC
Slight increase in COVID-19 cases in Argentina

Health authorities in Argentina have reported that the number of fatalities due to COVID-19 has tripled in Buenos Aires, while total infections have almost doubled in a week as temperatures take a downward turn.
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Monday, May 9th 2022 - 10:01 UTC
Cases of Covid-19 on the rise in Argentine – “monitoring” required

Argentine health authorities mentioned during the weekend that the number of COVID-19 cases nationwide has been on the rise in recent weeks.
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Saturday, May 7th 2022 - 10:18 UTC
New lineage of Omicron variant circulating in Peru

Peru's Health Ministry officials reported this week the finding of a new lineage of the SARS.CoV-2 Omicron variant called BA.1.22.
Saturday, May 7th 2022 - 10:06 UTC
Eight cases of new hepatitis detected in Argentina, one in critical condition

Argentina's health authorities are investigating 8 cases of acute hepatitis which are suspected of belonging to the new variant of unknown origin, Health Minister Carla Vizzotti confirmed Friday.
Friday, May 6th 2022 - 10:46 UTC
WHO releases “more comprehensive” COVID-19 figures

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of deaths caused by COVID-19 is far larger than previously thought and has reached nearly 15 million people directly or indirectly worldwide, twice as many as initially estimated, once the WHO quantified the direct and indirect impacts of the pandemic.
Thursday, May 5th 2022 - 10:55 UTC
Uruguay begins Parliamentary debate to legalize euthanasia

Uruguayan lawmakers have begun this week the debate to legalize euthanasia, despite opposition from the National Party of President Luis Lacalle Pou and the Catholic Church. The Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide bill was first introduced in 2020, but no further action was taken due to the COVID-19 pandemic.