Health & Science

• Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 09:04 UTC

  British Overseas Territories and the Joint Ministerial Council

  

  This week Penguin News gave up its editorial space to allow for the publication of a last-minute Op-ed from Wendy Morton MP, Minister responsible for the Falkland Islands in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, on the Joint Ministerial Council 2020

• Friday, November 27th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Bolsonaro said he will refuse vaccination against Covid-19: “it's my right”

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday he would refuse a coronavirus vaccine, the most recent of his vaccine-skeptic statements. “I'm telling you, I'm not going to take it. It's my right,” he said in remarks aired over several social media platforms.

• Friday, November 27th 2020 - 09:44 UTC

  AstraZeneca faces tricky questions about its success rate as “vaccine for the world”

  

  Days after grabbing headlines with its COVID-19 “vaccine for the world”, AstraZeneca is facing tricky questions about its success rate that some experts say could hinder its chances of getting speedy U.S. and EU regulatory approval.

• Friday, November 27th 2020 - 09:28 UTC

  Falklands approves “Spirit of Sydney” expedition transit call to fly passengers back to UK

  

  On Wednesday 25 November, the Falkland Islands ExCo approved a proposal by the Spirit of Sydney expedition cruise vessel operator to transmit a small number of people back to the UK via the Falklands in late January 2021.

• Friday, November 27th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Deadly avian influenza rapidly spreading and ravaging Europe

  

  A highly contagious and deadly form of avian influenza is spreading rapidly in Europe, putting the poultry industry on alert with previous outbreaks in mind that saw tens of millions of birds culled and significant economic losses.

• Friday, November 27th 2020 - 08:19 UTC

  UK: AstraZeneca vaccine will have to be approved by independent medical regulators

  

  The British government said on Friday it has asked its independent medicines regulator to assess AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine as part of the formal approval process for the drug to be rolled out by the end of the year.

• Thursday, November 26th 2020 - 09:11 UTC

  Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine expected to be administered in Mexico in mid December

  

  Pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine could start being administered in Mexico in mid-December if it is approved by the country’s health regulator, Mexico’s foreign minister announced

• Thursday, November 26th 2020 - 08:29 UTC

  WHO launches new physical activity guidelines to overcome sedentary behavior

  

  Up to 5 million deaths per year could be averted if the global population was more active. At a time when many people are homebound due to COVID-19, new WHO Guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behavior, emphasize that everyone, of all ages and abilities, can be physically active and that every type of movement counts.

• Wednesday, November 25th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  MSF plans to withdraw from a Covid-19 treating hospital in Venezuelan

  

  Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) will withdraw from a collaboration with a Venezuelan hospital to treat COVID-19 patients due to restrictions on specialists' ability to enter the country, the medical NGO said on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, November 25th 2020 - 09:04 UTC

  Markets reach new records in Wall Street on Covid-19 vaccines optimism

  

  The Dow Jones Industrial Average breached the 30,000-mark for the first time on Tuesday, as optimism that COVID-19 vaccines will open the way to economic recovery next year fueled Wall Street’s rebound from a pandemic-driven crash this year.