Health & Science

Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 09:54 UTC
Chilean private pensions' funds divestment anticipates major political challenge for the Piñera administration

Chilean senators on Wednesday voted to approve a controversial bill that allows citizens to withdraw 10% of their pension savings to help ease the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 09:38 UTC
Covid-19 deaths and infections in Texas force the contracting of refrigerated trucks to store bodies

Texas on Wednesday set one-day records for increases in COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations in the state, forcing one county to store bodies in refrigerated trucks and prompting a top health official there to call for new stay-at-home orders.
Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 09:03 UTC
Brazil with new daily record of virus cases: 1,284 deaths and 67,860 infections

Brazil recorded a new daily record of coronavirus cases on Wednesday with nearly 68,000 infections, a sign COVID-19 is still far from being brought under control in the hard-hit country.
Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 08:51 UTC
Beijing warns UK granting British citizenship to Hong Kong residents violates international law

A new British policy allowing Hong Kong residents to claim British citizenship is a violation of international law and interferes with China's internal affairs, China's embassy in London said on Thursday.
Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 08:11 UTC
WHO cautions that despite good progress in developing Covid-19 vaccines, first use is still far, early 2021

Researchers are making “good progress” in developing vaccines against COVID-19, with a handful in late-stage trials, but their first use cannot be expected until early 2021, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert said on Wednesday.
Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 07:47 UTC
Germany introduces strict measures in staff contracting for industrial abattoirs

Germany is introducing a new law compelling meatpackers to employ staff directly in industrial abattoirs rather than sub-contracting to avert further coronavirus outbreaks exacerbated by poor working conditions, a draft law showed on Wednesday.
Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 07:34 UTC
Scientists confirm active methane seep from Antarctica's seabed

Scientists have discovered an active methane seep from Antarctica's sea bed that could shed light on the potent greenhouse gas trapped beneath frozen continent. Marine ecologist Andrew Thurber first glimpsed what a colleague described as a “microbial waterfall” during a dive in the icy waters of the Ross Sea in 2012.
Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 07:02 UTC
US pork inventories down 25% in twelve months after plants slowed production

United States frozen pork inventories were down 25% from a year earlier at the end of June, the US Agriculture Department said on Wednesday after outbreaks of the coronavirus among meatpacking workers slowed production.
Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 08:15 UTC
Oxford immunologist on coronavirus vaccine: our early results look highly promising

By Rebecca Ashfiled (*) – A vaccine against COVID-19 is urgently needed if we’re to stop the virus spreading and prevent potentially millions of further deaths. We’re now one step closer to that goal.
Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 08:08 UTC
Chinese made vaccine against coronavirus begins testing in Brazil, with first doses in volunteers

A Chinese-made vaccine against the new COVID-19 entered the final stage of testing on Tuesday in Brazil, where volunteers received the first doses of what officials hope will be a game-changer in the pandemic.