Health & Science

• Monday, September 9th 2019 - 09:33 UTC

  African Swine fever has reached Philippines confirmed by UK lab

  

  Dead pigs found in some backyard farms in the Philippines tested positive for the African swine fever virus, the country's agriculture chief said on Monday, the first outbreak of the disease detected in the Southeast Asian country.

• Tuesday, September 3rd 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  Peruvian hairless dogs tradition spans back to pre-Columbian times

  

  Sumac's name may mean “pretty” in Peru's native language, but there is no denying it: she is ugly. She is a “perro peruano sin pelo”, a Peruvian hairless dog with wrinkly leather skin and sparse patches of hair. She and her other hairless friend, Munay, meaning “loved by everyone”, spend their days wandering their home: Lima's ancient pyramid of Huaca Pucllana.

• Monday, September 2nd 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  IMF supports Argentina and its temporary currency controls

  

  The International Monetary Fund said it will stand by Argentina after the government authorized currency controls on Sunday in an about-face by President Mauricio Macri, who had previously lifted many protectionist practices of his predecessor, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

• Friday, August 30th 2019 - 07:40 UTC

  Central America suffering the worst outbreak of dengue fever in decades

  

  Central America is grappling with its worst outbreak of dengue fever in decades - and scientists say the disease is likely to spread and become more frequent in the future due to climate change.

• Thursday, August 29th 2019 - 08:10 UTC

  French mayors propose pesticide-free buffer zones around residential areas

  

  France is looking at introducing pesticide-free buffer zones around housing areas after several local mayors defied the government by banning weed killers such as glyphosate in their towns.

• Thursday, August 29th 2019 - 06:42 UTC

  Medicine mix-up in Spain develops into “werewolf syndrome” children

  

  At least 17 children developed so-called “werewolf syndrome” in a major medicine mix-up in Spain, the health ministry said on Wednesday. They are suffering from the rare condition known as hypertrichosis that causes abnormal hair growth.

• Wednesday, August 28th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  Archeologists in Peru find 227 bodies of pre Columbian sacrificed children

  

  Archeologists in Peru say the 227 bodies they have unearthed from a site used by the pre-Columbian Chimu culture is the biggest-ever discovery of sacrificed children. Archeologists have been digging since last year at the huge sacrificial site in Huanchaco, a beachside tourist town north of the capital Lima.

• Tuesday, August 27th 2019 - 08:59 UTC

  Venezuelan migrants will be provided with a regional vaccination card

  

  Venezuelan migrants will be provided with a regional vaccination card beginning in October, health officials from 10 countries agreed on Monday in an effort to ensure they receive needed vaccines and are not given double doses. More than 4 million Venezuelans have fled an economic and political crisis in their home country that has caused widespread shortages of food and medicine.

• Thursday, August 22nd 2019 - 08:36 UTC

  In peak tourist season Spain issues international alert on the country's listerosis outbreak

  

  Spain's health ministry issued an international alert over the country's biggest-ever listeriosis outbreak on Wednesday as the number of people affected rose to 150, including one fatality.

• Monday, August 19th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Falkland Islander will be one of the captains of Australia's new state of the art icebreaker

  

  Australia’s new icebreaker, RSV Nuyina, is scheduled to make its maiden voyage to Antarctica in 2020-21. Two captains have already been named to lead the alternating crews operating the new vessel. They are Captain Scott Laughlin and Falkland Islander Captain Paul Clarke, both with experienced track records working in the Southern Ocean.