Health & Science

• Tuesday, October 11th 2022 - 10:03 UTC

  Falklands Mensun Bound received a lifetime achievement award in Montecarlo

  

  Falklands marine archaeologist, Mensun Bound, received a lifetime achievement award on September 14 on behalf of the Atlantic Youth Trust. The award was presented by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, at a gala dinner in Montecarlo. 2022 marks the 40th year since Mensun began directing underwater archaeological excavations.

• Monday, October 10th 2022 - 18:59 UTC

  Scientists reach world's tallest tree, where did they find it?

  

  A group of scientists has found the world's tallest tree, a towering specimen the size of a 25-story building in the Amazon rainforest, it was reported this weekend.

• Monday, October 10th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  Argentine ministers convene in Antarctica

  

  Argentine Ministers Daniel Filmus (Science), Carla Vizzotti (Health), and Jorge Taiana (Defense) convened at Antarctica's Marambio Base to announce the construction of three new laboratories and other undertakings in the area.

• Saturday, October 8th 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  Bolivia reports first death of monkeypox patient

  

  A patient at Santa Cruz de la Sierra's San Juan de Dios Hospital who was infected with monkeypox has died, thus becoming the first casualty with the malady in the country, it was announced Friday.

• Saturday, October 8th 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  PAHO launches mental health awareness campaign

  

  The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched a campaign in support of people with mental health problems who also suffer from society's stigmatization.

• Saturday, October 8th 2022 - 00:01 UTC

  Other brands of Covid-19 vax just as good for breastfeeding immunization, Argentine study finds

  

  Argentine researchers have conducted studies that would prove that women vaccinated with Sinopharm, AstraZeneca, and Sputnik V would pass on immunity against COVID-19 to their children through breast milk.

• Friday, October 7th 2022 - 10:57 UTC

  Uruguay's Lower House passes euthanasia bill

  

  Uruguay's Lower House Thursday passed a bill legalizing euthanasia with 57 votes out of 96. The project now goes to the Senate for further Parliamentarian treatment.

• Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 09:57 UTC

  Argentine scientists studying death of Southern right whales on the Patagonia coast

  

  Members of Argentina's INIDEP, the Fisheries Research and Development Institute, are working in Puerto Madryn to determine the cause of the sudden increase in the death of the Southern right whale, with dead corpses along the coast of the Valdes Peninsula, a mating and rest place for the migrating cetaceans.

• Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  “Click chemistry” developers awarded Nobel Prize

  

  Caroline R. Bertozzi and Barry Sharpless of the United States have been awarded the 2022 Chemistry Nobel Prize together with Denmark's Morten Meldal for making difficult things easy, it was announced.

• Wednesday, October 5th 2022 - 13:55 UTC

  Science tries to solve the mystery of lantern-fish, but for King penguins they are a delicious snack

  

  A new study, led by British Antarctic Survey and the University of Bristol, provides the first evidence that a controversial evolutionary process may be responsible for lantern-fishes becoming one of the most diverse families of fish in the deep sea.