Health & Science

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2025 - 19:38 UTC

  Brazilian health officials urge people to update Covid-19 vaccination

  

  According to the latest InfoGripe Bulletin from the Rio de Janeiro-based Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), there has been an increase in cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) due to Covid-19 in four Brazilian states: Rio de Janeiro, Ceará, Amazonas, and Paraíba. While the overall number of severe cases remains low and is not yet significantly impacting hospitalizations, health officials are urging people to keep their vaccinations up to date.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2025 - 19:10 UTC

  Uruguay signs Council of Europe’s Global AI Treaty

  

  Uruguay signed the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, the first-ever international legally binding treaty aimed at ensuring that the use of AI systems is fully consistent with human rights, democracy, and the rule of law.

• Monday, September 1st 2025 - 09:51 UTC

  Researchers find wreck of former Uruguayan Navy's ROU 01

  

  The “Uruguay Sub200” scientific expedition, aboard the research vessel Falkor, has discovered the shipwreck of the destroyer ROU-01 Uruguay - formerly the USS Baron - at a depth of 1,160 meters off the coast.

• Saturday, August 30th 2025 - 10:11 UTC

  Peru: Scientists extracting skeleton of 20-million-year-old bird

  

  A team of Peruvian researchers has discovered the perfectly preserved fossil of a new, giant seabird species believed to be 20 million years old. The skeleton, found in the Ocucaje Desert in the department of Ica, is similar in size to a modern condor. In principle, the specimen is believed to belong to a species never before studied.

• Friday, August 29th 2025 - 09:52 UTC

  Uruguay and Brazil sign across-the-border health agreement

  

  Health Ministers Cristina Lustemberg of Uruguay and Alexandre Padilha of Brazil have signed an agreement to create a binational health commission to improve healthcare services in their border regions.

• Thursday, August 28th 2025 - 01:06 UTC

  Falklands offers opportunity to engage with the KEMH Maternity Review

  

  The King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) is offering the opportunity for those with experience of using maternity services in the Falkland Islands to engage with the upcoming maternity review.

• Wednesday, August 27th 2025 - 10:27 UTC

  Uruguay: Falkor resumes mission after repairs

  

  The Uruguay Sub200 expedition has resumed its study of the Uruguayan continental seabed after a technical fault forced its research vessel, the Falkor, to return to the port of Montevideo. By late Tuesday, the Falkor was due in Punta del Este.

• Tuesday, August 26th 2025 - 09:21 UTC

  Research vessel Falkor (too) halts Uruguay expedition after technical failure

  

  The Falkor (too), research vessel of the Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI), returned to Montevideo on Monday after suffering a malfunction in the early days of its “Visualizing the Deep off Uruguay” (Uruguay SUB200) expedition.

• Monday, August 25th 2025 - 21:14 UTC

  Chile halts poultry imports from Argentina due to avian flu

  

  Chile's Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) has ordered the temporary suspension of chicken imports from Argentina due to an outbreak of “highly pathogenic avian influenza” (HPAI) at a commercial poultry facility in the neighboring country.

• Sunday, August 24th 2025 - 09:57 UTC

  Given scarce resources, Darwin Plus is contacting directly on Round 13 shortlisted projects

  

  The UK government Darwin Plus grants scheme helps deliver long-term strategic outcomes for the unique biodiversity, the natural environment and improving resilience to climate change within the UK Overseas Territories.