Health & Science

Tuesday, March 18th 2025 - 10:37 UTC
Avian Influenza, new ten-year strategy coordinated by FAO and Animal Health Organization

In response to the evolving global ecological and epidemiological landscape, FAO and the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) have unveiled a new ten-year strategy aimed at preventing and controlling High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI).
Monday, March 17th 2025 - 08:54 UTC
WHO: Tuberculosis remains one of the deadliest diseases worldwide

The World Health Organization (WHO) insisted as the March 24 Tuberculosis (TB) Day looms over that the disease remains one of the deadliest infectious maladies globally, causing 1.25 million deaths and 10.8 million cases in 2023, with significant impacts on vulnerable populations, including HIV positive patients.
Monday, March 17th 2025 - 08:48 UTC
Uruguay's Health Ministry launches vax campaign

Uruguay's Public Health Ministry (MSP) launched its 2025 vaccination campaign, focusing on influenza, measles, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to address seasonal and emerging health challenges, it was announced in Montevideo.
Friday, March 14th 2025 - 10:04 UTC
New euthanasia bill submitted before Uruguayan Congress

Uruguayan lawmakers submitted a new euthanasia bill before the Lower House, reviving a proposal already passed there in 2022 but stalled in the Senate. The bill, introduced by deputies from the Colorado Party (PC) and the ruling Brooad Front (Frente Amplio - FA), is supported by a multiparty coalition including members of the Partido Nacional and Partido Independiente. The initiative seeks to allow assisted death for individuals with terminal, incurable, and irreversible diseases.
Thursday, March 13th 2025 - 10:12 UTC
Falklands, Mental Health Survey Results, 72% females, and 94% living in Stanley

The Falkland Islands Government has announced that as part of the ongoing anti-stigma in mental health campaign, a survey was undertaken in 2024 to gather some baseline evidence around stigma present in the Falklands community in relation to mental ill health.
Monday, March 10th 2025 - 15:55 UTC
Brazil's Anvisa approves weekly insulin to treat diabetes 1 and 2

Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has approved the drug Awiqli, produced by the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, to treat adult patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes, Agencia Brasil reported. It is the first weekly insulin shot in the world. There is no date for launching it nationwide.
Monday, March 10th 2025 - 08:38 UTC
Falklands, dead Gentoo penguins return positive for avian influenza

Last Wednesday, 05 March 2025, dead Gentoo Penguins on the Falkland Islands Cape Dolphin turned out positive to the highly pathogenic avian influenza. Swabs from three of a few Gentoo Penguins found dead at Laskaridis acreages colony on Cape Dolphin returned positive for avian influenza.
Friday, March 7th 2025 - 08:16 UTC
How Shackleton’s Endurance was found, Falklands Maritime Heritage

Celebrating the 3rd anniversary of finding Endurance, the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust has released for the first time an animated film of the full route of the Endurance22 team from the start of their search in Cape Town to finding it in the Weddell Sea, with input from Falkland Islander Mensun Bound’s daily diaries
Friday, February 28th 2025 - 10:06 UTC
Brazil: Respiratory complications feared to mount during Carnival gatherings

According to the latest issue of the Infogripe bulletin from the Rio de Janeiro-based Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), large crowds during the upcoming Carnival festivities may lead to increased transmission of respiratory viruses.
Thursday, February 20th 2025 - 16:23 UTC
Price of eggs forces Trump to rehire fired bird flu experts; in NYC a dozen sells for over US$ 12

US President Donald Trump's administration is attempting to rehire officials with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) who worked on the government response to bird flu before being fired over the weekend, US media report.