Health & Science

• Friday, November 6th 2020 - 09:16 UTC

  RRS James Clark Ross left Harwich for summer mission in Antarctica

  

  The RRS James Clark Ross left the Port of Harwich on Thursday beginning its five-and-a-half-month mission to deliver scientific and operational staff to Antarctica and to resupply the UK stations in Antarctica for another year.

• Friday, November 6th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Covid-19 overshadowing emergency action to avert measles and polio epidemics, WHO and UNICEF

  

  UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an urgent call to action to avert major measles and polio epidemics as COVID-19 continues to disrupt immunization services worldwide, leaving millions of vulnerable children at heightened risk of preventable childhood diseases.

• Friday, November 6th 2020 - 07:10 UTC

  World Medical Association calls for Taiwan's admission to World Health Assembly

  

  On the eve of the resumed meeting of the World Health Assembly next week, the World Medical Association has again called for representatives from Taiwan to be granted observer status.

• Thursday, November 5th 2020 - 09:33 UTC

  Falklands vaccination program will receive support from the UK government

  

  The UK Government has written to the Falkland Islands Government to confirm that it has secured an agreement with the UK’s Vaccine Taskforce to supply British Overseas Territories with Covid-19 vaccines when it is able to procure these.

• Thursday, November 5th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Denmark will cull 15 million mink following detection of a mutated coronavirus

  

  Denmark, the world’s biggest producer of mink fur, said on Wednesday it would cull all of the country’s minks after a mutated version of the new coronavirus was detected at mink farms and had spread to people.

• Wednesday, November 4th 2020 - 09:53 UTC

  UK travel ban, “a nightmare before Christmas”

  

  Britain has introduced a travel ban as part of a four-week lockdown prompted by an alarming jump in the COVID-19 infection rate to one in 100 people. In what has been described as a “Nightmare before Christmas,” UK residents will need to stay at home from November 5 and avoid “all non-essential travel by private and public transport.”

• Wednesday, November 4th 2020 - 08:46 UTC

  Johnson & Johnson resumes clinical trials of the Covid-19 vaccine in Brazil

  

  Brazilian health regulator Anvisa has authorized the resumption of a clinical trial of Johnson & Johnson's experimental COVID-19 vaccine, according to a statement from the government agency on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, November 4th 2020 - 08:36 UTC

  Chilean salmon farmers struggling to cut antibiotic usage to boost the reputation of its products

  

  For Chile’s salmon farming industry, less could be more. That is, less antibiotic use could improve the sustainability of the country’s salmon aquaculture industry and boost the reputation of its products.

• Wednesday, November 4th 2020 - 08:23 UTC

  Gentoo penguins are four species, not one, say scientists

  

  By University of Bath – Gentoo penguins should be reclassified as four separate species, say scientists at the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath, after analyzing the genetic and physical differences between populations around the southern hemisphere.

• Tuesday, November 3rd 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Brazil launches network on Artificial Intelligence applied to the auto industry and agribusiness sectors

  

  The Brazilian government has announced the launch of a national innovation network focused on artificial intelligence (AI) with the aim of increasing the production capacity and competitiveness of local companies.