Health & Science

• Friday, September 12th 2014 - 01:43 UTC

  China constructing a satellite tracking station in Argentine Patagonia

  

  A space tracking station for lunar exploration being built in Argentine Patagonia by China, as part of the strategic relation and accords between the two countries, has caused concern in the Argentine congress because of the secrecy surrounding the terms of the deal.

• Friday, September 12th 2014 - 01:18 UTC

  Congo reports 31 new Ebola cases in the week to 9 September

  

  Thirty one cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) more have been reported between 2 and 9 September 2014, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), increasing the cumulative number of cases to 62 (14 confirmed, 26 probable, and 22 probable), according to the latest report from WHO, World Health Organization.

• Tuesday, September 9th 2014 - 03:44 UTC

  UK Coca Cola adopts color coded labeling with nutritional information

  

  Coca-Cola Great Britain (CCGB) is adopting the UK Government’s voluntary front of pack nutrition labeling scheme, which combines nutrient amounts and percentage Reference Intakes (RIs) with color-coding to show how much fat, saturated fat, salt, sugar and energy (calories) is in a product.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 22:49 UTC

  Ebola outbreak in Congo is the indigenous 'Zaire strain' and not connected to West Africa

  

  Results from virus sequencing of samples from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been analyzed and they belong to the so called Zaire strain, in a lineage most closely related to a virus from the 1995 Ebola outbreak in Kikwit, DRC.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 22:39 UTC

  UN launches in Haiti second phase of vaccination campaign against cholera

  

  The United Nations (UN) launched in Haiti, the second phase of the vaccination campaign against cholera, which was initiated and implemented by the Haitian authorities as part of the broader framework of the national plan for the elimination of cholera in the country.

• Thursday, August 28th 2014 - 06:46 UTC

  Ebola outbreak needs an 'unprecedented' response to bring it under control

  

  The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is going to get worse before it gets better, according to the top US public health official. Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control, said the epidemic would need an “unprecedented” response to bring it under control.

• Wednesday, August 27th 2014 - 20:42 UTC

  Falkland Islands resident off to Oxford University with a Chevening scholarship

  

  A Falkland Islands resident is off to the University of Oxford later this year, after being announced as the Falkland Islands' newest Chevening Scholar. Clare Cockwell has been offered a full scholarship under the UK Government's Chevening programme to study towards an MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management at Hertford College.

• Friday, August 22nd 2014 - 23:48 UTC

  Don't blame Columbus: TB in the Americas already was present...in seals

  

  The long-held idea that Europeans were the first to bring tuberculosis to the Americas when they arrived in the 15th Century has been thrown into doubt. Instead, a study suggests that the deadly disease was present in the area hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus made landfall.

• Friday, August 22nd 2014 - 13:19 UTC

  Two first patients treated for Ebola virus in US hospital have been released

  

  The two United States aid workers who were the first patients ever to be treated for the Ebola virus at a hospital in the US have been released, capping a transcontinental medical drama that stirred public debate about whether citizens with the virus or exposed to the virus should have been allowed to return.

• Monday, August 18th 2014 - 07:04 UTC

  Scientists create a carbon dioxide absorbing 'polymer sponge' that helps new energy sources

  

  Scientists have created a new sponge-type material that absorbs carbon dioxide, which is believed to play a key role in global warming. The polymer – a large molecule used in plastics – is thought to have the potential to bridge the gap between the use of fossil fuels and new energy sources such as hydrogen, and could be integrated into power plant smokestacks in the future.