Health & Science

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.
Saturday, August 10th 2019 - 06:48 UTC
US eliminates cancer warning labels from the controversial glyphosate weed killer

US Environmental Protection Agency has said it will no longer approve warning labels that claim the controversial herbicide glyphosate causes cancer, calling the statement “false and misleading.”
Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 10:30 UTC
The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt stretches 5.592 miles, fed with rich nutrients from farms along the Amazon river

Slimy, stinky brown seaweed that ruins beachgoers' vacations from Mexico to Florida may be the new normal unless Brazil halts Amazon deforestation, experts say. The culprit, called sargassum, turns clear-blue seawater a murky brown and smells like rotten eggs when it washes ashore and starts to rot.