Health & Science

• Wednesday, April 26th 2023 - 09:45 UTC

  New strain of Covid-19 detected: Arcturus

  

  Scientists in India have detected at least 3,000 daily cases of a new subvariant of Covid-19 which has been dubbed “Arcturus” and is a sublineage of the Omicron version. The new strain has been reported to spread fast and affect even the vaccinated population. It also produces unforeseen symptoms.

• Monday, April 24th 2023 - 10:49 UTC

  Revolutionary method to be used in Brazil against dengue

  

  Scientists in Brazil are working on a large-scale mosquito factory in a move to protect up to 70 million people from viruses such as dengue, it was reported by the journal Nature.

• Monday, April 24th 2023 - 10:18 UTC

  AMLO down with Covid-19 again

  

  Mexico's 69-year-old President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) Sunday announced he had tested positive for Covid-19 for the third time in his life and was therefore returning to the Federal District (DF) to remain in isolation. All his engagements have been canceled until further notice.

• Monday, April 24th 2023 - 10:15 UTC

  Uruguayan authorities tackle chikungunya

  

  Uruguay's Health Minister Karina Rando and Undersecretary José Luis Satdjián Saturday visited Paysandú, where seven cases of chikungunya were confirmed in patients who had no travel history.

• Monday, April 24th 2023 - 09:20 UTC

  Chile reports first human case of avian influenza; Uruguay begins vaccination in commercial poultry farms

  

  The Ministry of Health of Chile notified WHO of the detection of human infection with avian influenza A(H5) virus. The patient is a 53-year-old male from the Region of Antofagasta in the north of Chile. He had no history of comorbidities or recent travel.

• Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  BAS Rothera Research Station has new scientific and operational support facility

  

  Work got underway on the latest of the Royal Navy’s next-generation submarine hunters, a £840m Type 26 frigate warship which will carry the name and motto – Forward – of England’s second city, Birmingham, around the globe for a quarter of a century.A new scientific and operational support facility at Rothera Research Station for British Antarctic Survey has been made weather-tight, with the cladding complete and an operations tower installed.

• Wednesday, April 19th 2023 - 10:23 UTC

  Argentine ice breaker Almirante Irizar back in Ushuaia signals the end of 2022/23 Antarctica season

  

  Argentine icebreaker ARA Almirante Irizar is back in Ushuaia following its round of visits to Antarctica stations leaving all ready for the personnel that remained preparing for the long dark winter months. This has also meant the official end of the Argentine Antarctic Campaign 2022/23, which takes place under the operational command of the Joint Antarctic Command.

• Sunday, April 16th 2023 - 12:15 UTC

  Dutch gov't to extend euthanasia option to children aged 1 to 12

  

  Dutch Health Minister Ernst Kuipers Friday announced that regulations were being drafted so that euthanasia can be applied to that small group of children aged 1 to 12 “for whom palliative care options are not sufficient to alleviate their suffering” and who has “such a serious illness or disorder that death is inevitable.”

• Sunday, April 16th 2023 - 11:45 UTC

  Chikungunya kills 90 people in Paraguay so far this year

  

  Paraguayan health authorities last week confirmed at least 90 deaths this year had been caused by chikungunya fever, while Uruguay detected its first imported case of the malady. One more case was also confirmed in the last days of 2022, according to the latest report from Paraguay's Health Ministry released on Friday.

• Thursday, April 13th 2023 - 10:57 UTC

  Argentina working with dengue as with Covid-19

  

  Argentine Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Wednesday said her country was treating the dengue outbreak with the same degree of concern with which the Covid-19 pandemic was handled.