Health & Science

• Thursday, January 7th 2016 - 09:27 UTC

  Uruguay's 2016 Antarctic campaign takes off; ship to deliver 250 tons of fuel and 40 tons of supplies

  

  Uruguayan navy rescue vessel ROU 26 “Vanguardia” left this week from Montevideo for Antarctica loaded with fuel and provisions for the country's scientific base “General Artigas” at King George Island.

• Monday, January 4th 2016 - 09:27 UTC

  Lifestyles have a greater impact on cancer suggest latest findings; likewise they might be more preventable

  

  Earlier this year, researchers sparked a debate by suggesting that random cell mutations, rather than lifestyle choices, played a significant role in the development of tumors, a finding dubbed the “bad luck hypothesis.” A new study has nevertheless led scientists to believe that external influences have a far greater impact, implying that many cancers may be more preventable than previously thought.

• Friday, December 4th 2015 - 04:44 UTC

  UK embassy sponsors three workshops in Uruguay on science and innovation

  

  The British Embassy, the British Council and Uruguayan National Research and Innovation Agency (ANII) have announced the three workshops selected under the recent Researcher Links call for proposals, part of the Embassy’s cooperation funding for science and innovation in Uruguay.

• Thursday, December 3rd 2015 - 11:33 UTC

  Global advance of TB, a disease of poverty and inequality, warns world medical association

  

  Tuberculosis should be treated as a disease of poverty and inequality, the World Medical Association said on Wednesday. Against the background of the global growth of tuberculosis, the WMA is updating its training course for physicians to emphasize the relationship between poverty and TB.

• Thursday, December 3rd 2015 - 07:48 UTC

  Argentina will have a state of the art fisheries research vessel in 2017

  

  Argentina's Fisheries Research and Development Institute, INIDEP, has signed the contract for the construction of a new fisheries and oceanographic research vessel to be built at the Armon shipyard in Vigo, Spain. The financing for the vessel and refurbishing of INIDEP's offices and labs comes from the Inter-American Development bank with a 30m dollars loan.

• Wednesday, December 2nd 2015 - 09:28 UTC

  China and Brazil agree on further cooperation and on climate change

  

  Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazil's Dilma Rousseff met in Paris on the sidelines of the ongoing climate talks, and agreed to strengthen cooperation in a number of areas including a common position regarding global warming.

• Tuesday, December 1st 2015 - 07:45 UTC

  Brazil on alert on possible link between Zika virus and micro-cephalic babies

  

  Brazilian health authorities, who alerted the nation Monday to the rapid spread of the Zika virus, confirmed that up to now it has caused one death and that another six victims are in critical condition and under medical examination.

• Sunday, November 29th 2015 - 09:51 UTC

  Brazil plans to sue mining companies US$ 7.2bn on toxic mud spill

  

  Brazil's federal and state governments plan to sue the owners of the Samarco iron ore-miner for 20 billion Reais ($7.2 billion) in damages caused by the burst of a tailings dam, Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira told reporters on Friday.

• Wednesday, November 18th 2015 - 07:53 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego ozone alert with 'UV radiation reaching extreme risk or harm'

  

  Tierra del Fuego in south Argentina has sent out a warning to residents in the province that the ozone layer hole as it expands to the north, over the tip of South America continent this week, it will be reaching its maximum size with UV radiation at 12, violet or extreme alert. The information was provided by Argentina's VAG Ushuaia Station.

• Monday, November 16th 2015 - 07:22 UTC

  Mosquito-spread dengue, chickungunya and now Zika threatens the Caribbean and tourism industry

  

  Jamaica's Ministry of Health is urging people to be more vigilant and to clean up their environment and destroy mosquito breeding sites, in light of the announcement by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) that the Zika virus has been detected in a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nation.