Health & Science

• Wednesday, October 30th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Argentine diplomat elected Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency

  

  The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) elected Argentine Ambassador Rafael Mariano Grossi for the post of Director-General for the period 2020-2024, whose appointment will be approved by the General Conference of the agency.

• Tuesday, October 29th 2019 - 12:12 UTC

  World Medical Association urges all governments to introduce sugar tax

  

  In a new policy statement, the WMA calls on all national governments to reduce the affordability of added sugar and sugar-sweetened beverages through a tax on sugar. The tax revenue collected should then be used for health promotion programs aimed at reducing obesity and non-communicable diseases.

• Saturday, October 26th 2019 - 08:51 UTC

  BAS gearing for the Antarctic season: Halley station to reopen and modernization of Rothera to continue

  

  Science and support teams from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are gearing up for the start of the Antarctic summer field season. The first Twin Otter aircraft have arrived at Rothera Research Station, preparations are being made to reopen Halley Research Station, and the next construction phases of a major program to modernize Rothera and the islands stations are set to begin.

• Friday, October 25th 2019 - 09:16 UTC

  A classic, J&J baby powder removed from US shelves: asbestos contamination fears

  

  Three major US retailers, including Walmart, are removing all 22-ounce bottles of Johnson & Johnson's baby powder from their stores, following the healthcare conglomerate's recall last week of some bottles due to possible asbestos contamination.

• Saturday, October 19th 2019 - 08:57 UTC

  Two NASA astronauts make history as they complete the first spacewalk by an all-women team

  

  A giant leap for womankind! Two NASA astronauts made space history on Friday as they completed the first-ever spacewalk by an all-woman team. The historic extravehicular activity (EVA) officially began once both astronauts switched to battery power in their spacesuits, was guided by veteran NASA astronaut and capsule communicator (CAPCOM) Stephanie Wilson on the ground and fellow astronauts Luca Parmitano and Andrew Morgan located on the International Space Station.

• Thursday, October 17th 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  Universal Health Coverage passes key global milestone

  

  The World Health Organization welcomed a new Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Resolution on achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030. The resolution, adopted at the IPU Assembly in Belgrade, Serbia, comes one month after heads of state agreed on a high-level United Nations Political Declaration on UHC in New York.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2019 - 08:41 UTC

  First China built icebreaker begins its maiden voyage to Antarctica

  

  China's first domestically built polar icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, will start its maiden voyage to the Antarctic from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen this week.

• Tuesday, October 15th 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  A third of the world's 700 million children under five are undernourished or overweight, UNICEF report

  

  A third of the world's nearly 700 million children under five years old are undernourished or overweight and face lifelong health problems as a consequence, according to a grim UN assessment of childhood nutrition released on Tuesday. 

• Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:04 UTC

  Measles and “immunization gap” causing an alarming upsurge of the disease

  

  Measles is staging a devastating comeback in epidemics across the world as the virus exploits dangerous gaps in vaccination coverage, World Health Organization (WHO) experts said.

• Friday, October 11th 2019 - 09:44 UTC

  Cosmo-burgers: Artificial meat made by Russian astronaut in the Space Station

  

  Creating meat from cells is no longer the realm of science fiction: A Russian cosmonaut did it aboard the International Space Station, and it is just a matter of time before these products arrive in supermarkets. Tests carried out in space in September led to the production of beef, rabbit and fish tissue using a 3D printer.