Health & Science

Thursday, September 5th 2024 - 08:01 UTC
Scientific research study on Avian Influenza Virus, HPAIV

Nature Communications has published and made public an extensive report with full results on field sampling and diagnosis of the deadly Bird Flu virus, high pathogenicity avian influenza virus (HPAIV), detected in the Falkland Islands and South Georgia, which apparently is rapidly spreading to sea birds and mammals species in sub-Antarctica islands and the frozen continent.
Thursday, September 5th 2024 - 07:53 UTC
BAS announces UK Antarctic Science Conference at Cambridge

British Antarctic Survey has announced that the UK Antarctic Science Conference 2024 will take place at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge, 1st – 3rd October 2024. The meeting aims to bring together all in the UK who are involved in Antarctic research or the support of Antarctic research.
Thursday, September 5th 2024 - 07:00 UTC
Falklands Community Survey on Equality and Discrimination

The Falkland Islands Government are pleased to announce the launch of the Community Views survey on equality and discrimination in the Falkland Islands.
Wednesday, September 4th 2024 - 09:57 UTC
Argentine man with monkeypox dies in Mexico

Santiago Molina, a 28-year-old man who contracted monkeypox and was hospitalized in Mexico, has died or a cardiac arrest, it was reported Tuesday. The patient passed away Sunday but the case only went public Tuesday.
Tuesday, September 3rd 2024 - 10:55 UTC
Former Argentine president sued for extending Covid-19 lockdowns beyond sanitary needs

Federal Prosecutor Guillermo Marijuan and Buenos Aires City Congressman Yamil Santoro filed separate criminal complaints Monday against former President Alberto Fernández after Martín Guzmán, who served as Economy Minister under him, said in an interview that the Covid-19 quarantines were extended for political gain rather than out of a sanitary concern.
Monday, September 2nd 2024 - 07:49 UTC
Uruguay should not underestimate mpox threat, official says

Uruguay's Health Undersecretary José Luis Satdjian insisted this weekend that the country must remain alert for a possible monkeypox outbreak: “We cannot lower our guard,” the official stressed while pointing out that local authorities have stayed in contact with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) after the declaration of public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).
Saturday, August 31st 2024 - 09:54 UTC
Uruguay's potential in Antarctica reviewed at Torre Ejecutiva

Uruguayan authorities reviewed the country's potential in Antarctica this week during a seminar on the matter held at Torre Ejecutiva in Montevideo to promote awareness, exchange data, share good practices, and support the study of the world's southernmost region, the presidential website reported.
Saturday, August 31st 2024 - 08:53 UTC
WHO Director urges governments to work together against mpox

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Friday estimated that with proper “government leadership, the mpox outbreak can be over in six months.”
Thursday, August 29th 2024 - 08:18 UTC
Case in Comodoro Rivadavia not mpox, lab tests show

Health authorities in the Argentine Patagonian city of Comodoro Rivadavia admitted Wednesday that a suspected case of monkeypox was ruled out after the laboratory results came in.
Wednesday, August 28th 2024 - 10:45 UTC
Football player Juan Izquierdo dies at age 27 after collapsing during Copa Libertadores game

The Uruguayan football community is in mourning after the confirmation of the death of Nacional defender Juan Manuel Izquierdo at the age of 27. Izquierdo, who collapsed in the final minutes of the second leg of the Copa Libertadores round of 16 match against São Paulo, did not recover after spending five days in intensive care.