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Montevideo, July 22nd 2025 - 05:58 UTC

Health & Science

  • Tuesday, September 3rd 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Former Argentine president sued for extending Covid-19 lockdowns beyond sanitary needs

    Martín Guzmán said he believed the pandemic gave Alberto Fernández additional political strength

    Federal Prosecutor Guillermo Marijuan and Buenos Aires City Congressman Yamil Santoro filed separate criminal complaints Monday against former President Alberto Fernández after Martín Guzmán, who served as Economy Minister under him, said in an interview that the Covid-19 quarantines were extended for political gain rather than out of a sanitary concern.

  • Monday, September 2nd 2024 - 07:49 UTC

    Uruguay should not underestimate mpox threat, official says

    “We cannot let our guard down under any public health threat,” Satdjian pointed out

    Uruguay's Health Undersecretary José Luis Satdjian insisted this weekend that the country must remain alert for a possible monkeypox outbreak: “We cannot lower our guard,” the official stressed while pointing out that local authorities have stayed in contact with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) after the declaration of public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).

  • Saturday, August 31st 2024 - 09:54 UTC

    Uruguay's potential in Antarctica reviewed at Torre Ejecutiva

    Uruguay's presence in Antarctica is absolutely fundamental from a strategic viewpoint, Garcé told attendees at the event in Torre Ejecutiva

    Uruguayan authorities reviewed the country's potential in Antarctica this week during a seminar on the matter held at Torre Ejecutiva in Montevideo to promote awareness, exchange data, share good practices, and support the study of the world's southernmost region, the presidential website reported.

  • Saturday, August 31st 2024 - 08:53 UTC

    WHO Director urges governments to work together against mpox

    Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said efforts were underway to facilitate access to vaccines against this disease formerly known as monkeypox

    World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Friday estimated that with proper “government leadership, the mpox outbreak can be over in six months.”

  • Thursday, August 29th 2024 - 08:18 UTC

    Case in Comodoro Rivadavia not mpox, lab tests show

    People who have had mpox in the past “are more likely to have some immunity than others,” the WHO explained

    Health authorities in the Argentine Patagonian city of Comodoro Rivadavia admitted Wednesday that a suspected case of monkeypox was ruled out after the laboratory results came in.

  • Wednesday, August 28th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

    Football player Juan Izquierdo dies at age 27 after collapsing during Copa Libertadores game

    Nacional confirmed Tuesday the tragic news of Juan Manuel Izquierdo's death

    The Uruguayan football community is in mourning after the confirmation of the death of Nacional defender Juan Manuel Izquierdo at the age of 27. Izquierdo, who collapsed in the final minutes of the second leg of the Copa Libertadores round of 16 match against São Paulo, did not recover after spending five days in intensive care.

  • Wednesday, August 28th 2024 - 09:07 UTC

    Brazil remains mpox free after suspected case was ruled out

    The patient was confirmed to have chickenpox though

    A traveler landing Sunday at Sao Paulo's Guarulhos International Airport tested negative for mpox but positive for chickenpox, Agência Brasil reported Tuesday citing data from the São Paulo Health Department.

  • Tuesday, August 27th 2024 - 08:54 UTC

    Latin America on alert over oropuche spread

    Before the July 25, 2024, report from Brazilian authorities, there was no record of oropouche being deadly

    With two confirmed deaths caused by oropouche, health authorities in Brazil, Cuba and Colombia are concerned about the recent outbreak of the malady in the region. Other countries do not even keep track of the number of patients who might have contracted the disease and are therefore doing little to nothing to prevent it from spreading, not even after the Pan American Health Organization's (PAHO) alert last month.

  • Monday, August 26th 2024 - 07:45 UTC

    Brazil launches local production of drugs to fight obesity and diabetes

    The new development will reduce Brazil's dependence on foreign inputs, Trinidade explained

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Health Minister Nísia Trindade participated last Friday in the opening ceremony of a laboratory in Hortolândia (Sao Paulo State) to produce drugs against diabetes and obesity, including Ozempic's active ingredient, Agência Brasil reported.

  • Saturday, August 24th 2024 - 10:24 UTC

    Life expectancy reaches 76.4 years in Brazil

    Life expectancy had fallen after the Covid-19 pandemic but is slowly growing back

    A study released this week by Brazil’s Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) showed that life expectancy at birth in South America's largest country reached 76.4 years. Those born in 2023 can easily hope to live until the age of 79.7 years in the case of women while men would live until 73.1 years on average, Agencia Brasil reported. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, the overall projection stood at 76.2 years.