Health & Science

Saturday, February 24th 2018 - 09:01 UTC
China, Spain, Taiwan, Japan and S Korea account for 85% global fishing efforts, says Science magazine

More than half of the world’s oceans are being commercially fished, spanning an area four times what is used for global agriculture, according to a new study published in the journal Science. The study is the first in-depth look at the global footprint of the industrial fishing industry.
Friday, February 23rd 2018 - 11:20 UTC
BAS team leaves Falklands to explore Antarctica marine ecosystem hidden for 120.000 years

A team of international scientists led by the British Antarctic Survey set off on Wednesday to explore a mysterious marine ecosystem that has lain hidden under an ice shelf for up to 120,000 years.
Monday, February 19th 2018 - 09:29 UTC
Yellow fever in Brazil: extended vaccine fractionation because of lack of supplies

$Preliminary data from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo shows that 3.95 million people were vaccinated, 3.6 million with fractional doses and 356,800 with standard doses.$

The Brazilian Ministry of Health has reported that from July 1, 2017 to February 15 of this year, 409 cases of yellow fever were confirmed in the country, 183 in São Paulo, 157 in Minas Gerais, 68 in Rio de Janeiro and 1 in the Federal District. There were also 118 deaths throughout the country, 44 in Minas Gerais, 46 in São Paulo, 27 in Rio de Janeiro and one death in the Federal District.
Monday, February 19th 2018 - 08:59 UTC
US scientists discover new family of antibiotics that combat drug resistant diseases

US scientists have discovered a new family of antibiotics in soil samples. The natural compounds could be used to combat hard-to-treat infections, the team at Rockefeller University hopes.
Tuesday, February 13th 2018 - 09:35 UTC
SCAR celebrates sixty year of international collaboration in Antarctica

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), has celebrated six decades of successful international collaboration. Since its first meeting in The Hague on February 1958, SCAR has grown an international network of thousands of scientists who share a common ambition to carry out Antarctic science for the benefit of society.
Friday, February 9th 2018 - 10:31 UTC
National Geographic apologizes for publishing Malvinas pictures as from the Falklands

National Geographic has apologized to Tierra del Fuego governor Rosana Bertone for publishing in Instagram pictures identified as taken in the Falklands, instead of the Malvinas Islands. According to Ushuaia reports, aware of this situation, the Environment Secretary of Tierra del Fuego Mauro Pérez Toscani, on instructions from Ms Bertone addressed the National Geographic Foundation to express disappointment and demaning rectification of the Malvinas controversy.
Wednesday, January 31st 2018 - 20:06 UTC
Lunar trifecta: supermoon, blood moon and blue moon; NASA livestreaming

It’s a once in a ‘blue moon’ occurrence and time for the moon to take the spotlight. Following the great solar eclipse last August, serendipity will strike on Wednesday 31 January, when a total lunar eclipse is set to occur at the same time as a supermoon and blue moon.
Tuesday, January 30th 2018 - 08:54 UTC
Widespread antibiotic resistance to bacterial infections confirmed in WHO global testing

WHO’s first release of surveillance data on antibiotic resistance reveals high levels of resistance to a number of serious bacterial infections in both high- and low-income countries. WHO’s new Global Antimicrobial Surveillance System (GLASS) reveals widespread occurrence of antibiotic resistance among 500 000 people with suspected bacterial infections across 22 countries.
Monday, January 29th 2018 - 06:55 UTC
Punta Arenas reaffirms Antarctica links with two private support vessels

Punta Arenas. Chile seems determined to remain as the main calling point for Antarctica scientific and logistics support. This month two private undertakings were inaugurated which confirmed that determination, one of them is the DAP's MV Betanzos a scientific vessel for Antarctica research, and the second in the Antarctic Warrior, belonging to the Petromar company and which has been conditioned to transport supplies and fuel to Antarctica.
Friday, January 26th 2018 - 09:42 UTC
Massive vaccination, 23.8 million, against yellow fever in Sao Paulo and Rio do Janeiro

Brazil launched a mass immunization campaign that will deliver fractional doses of yellow fever vaccine to residents of 69 municipalities in the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The strategic plan for the campaign was developed with support from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). It will be the world’s largest vaccination campaign, to date, using fractional doses of yellow fever vaccine.