Health & Science

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:51 UTC

  Major US airlines will implement new health and safety measures to protect crew and passengers

  

  Major US airlines announced this week's new health and safety measures to protect in-flight personnel and passengers from COVID-19, even as states begin lifting restrictions. In a memo to employees, Delta Airlines said that from Tuesday, “all employees and partners” will be required to wear masks in case they cannot maintain social distancing.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:49 UTC

  Strenuous exercise by athletes makes their lungs more COVID-19 vulnerable, warns scientific research

  

  Research from Germany and Italy suggests that footballers and other athletes face a particular risk of the coronavirus infecting their lungs, raising major questions over attempts to restart professional soccer.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:45 UTC

  Millions of Americans have been unable to register for unemployment benefits

  

  Millions of Americans who have been thrown out of work during the coronavirus pandemic have been unable to register for unemployment benefits since the U.S. economy entered a free fall, according to a poll released on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:40 UTC

  Spain relaxes lockdown: professional athletes can begin to train next Monday

  

  Spain's professional footballers can start training again from next week, the prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, said on Tuesday as he announced plans to relax the country’s COVID-19 lockdown and bring the country back to normality by the end of June.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:30 UTC

  Trump again blames China for the pandemic, and is thinking “in ways to hold Beijing accountable”

  

  US President Donald Trump said that China could have stopped the coronavirus before it swept the globe and said his administration was conducting “serious investigations” into what happened.

• Tuesday, April 28th 2020 - 15:35 UTC

  New research shows sustainable fishing and conservation can coexist

  

  By surfbirds (*) – Our oceans are in trouble. Globally, poor fishing practices are directly damaging to marine wildlife, and overfishing can deplete food resources for animals such as seabirds and seals. However, research by BirdLife's Marine Program, in association with scientists from the British Antarctic Survey, (BAS) and the RSPB (BirdLife in the UK), shows that under current climate conditions, sustainable fisheries can exist alongside conservation measures for seabirds and seals in a well-managed Marine Protected Area.

• Tuesday, April 28th 2020 - 08:22 UTC

  Pandemic: Argentine armed forces major deployment since the Malvinas war

  

  The combat to contain coronavirus has been the major deployment of the Argentine armed forces in democracy, some 22.000 staff are out on the field throughout the country, said Defense minister Agustín Rossi, and to be more precise, “the largest deployment since the Malvinas war, and it has been done following the existing legal framework”.

• Tuesday, April 28th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Coronavirus pandemic “far from over”, warns WHO and points to insufficient health services

  

  The coronavirus pandemic is “far from over” and is still disrupting normal health services, especially life-saving immunization for children in the poorest countries, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.

• Tuesday, April 28th 2020 - 06:55 UTC

  “Brazil on the path to prosperity, not in the path of despair as Argentina and Venezuela”

  

  “We're on another path, the path of prosperity, not in the path of despair”, said Brazilian economy minister Paulo Guedes when asked about Argentina's decision to partially abandon Mercosur. It was also an opportunity for president Jair Bolsonaro to openly express support for his the “super” minister, who seemed strongly weakened following the forced resignation of the other “super” minister Sergio Moro.

• Tuesday, April 28th 2020 - 06:54 UTC

  Brazil industrial confidence crashed to its lowest level in April

  

  Brazilian industrial confidence crashed to its lowest level on record in April, a survey showed as the lockdowns and sudden halt to swathes of activity lashed Latin America’s largest economy.