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Montevideo, July 27th 2024 - 00:50 UTC

Health & Science

  • Monday, April 29th 2024 - 16:07 UTC

    Former President José Mujica reveals that he suffers from cancer

    “You have to die. We belong to the world of living things, and in the world of living things we are born destined to die. That is why life is a formidable adventure,” he mused

    Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica revealed on Monday that he had been diagnosed with a tumor in his esophagus following a routine medical examination on Friday. At a press conference surrounded by leaders, activists and supporters of his Frente Amplio party, the world-renowned political figure vowed to continue his activism despite the health challenge.

  • Saturday, April 27th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    Cases of dengue in mainland Chile are all imported

    Autochthonous cases were only recorded in Easter Island

    Chilean health authorities said that dengue fever was on the rise nationwide last week, now totaling 228 confirmed cases, none of them autochthonous (patients with no recent travel history) in Chile's mainland. Nevertheless, local experts underlined that the Aedes Aegyppti mosquito was present in the country as a result of weather abnormalities stemming from climate change.

  • Saturday, April 27th 2024 - 09:54 UTC

    Brazil opens insulin-producing plant

    Lula recalled that his 7-year-old great-granddaughter had diabetes and would need the medication

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Friday participated in the city of Nova Lima, state of Minas Gerais, in the opening of the Biomm recombinant human insulin-producing plant. The Government will purchase the entire output to make it available free of charge nationwide for diabetes patients. The facility is said to have cost around R$ 800 million (US$ 156 million) through loans from public banks. The South American country currently imports 95% of the insulin it uses. Some 15.7 million adults are said to have the malady nationwide.

  • Friday, April 26th 2024 - 10:01 UTC

    World Penguin Day: 9 out of 18 species breed in UK Overseas Territories, RSPB report

    Falkland Islands are nesting sites for five of the 18 species of penguin - King, Gentoo, Southern Rockhopper, Magellanic and Macaroni

    April 25 is World Penguin Day, from the impressive 1.2m tall Emperor Penguins of the British Antarctic Territory to the smaller, agile Southern Rockhopper Penguins of the Falkland Islands – nine out of 18 penguin species breed in the UK Overseas and British Antarctic Territories. Follows a report from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, RSPB.

  • Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 06:32 UTC

    Falklands' KEM Hospital modernization includes improvement of Pathology Laboratories

    The works at KEMH will also specifically address the urgent need for replacing the existing Autoclaves that currently are at the end of their service life.

    Following the approval by the Falkland Islands Executive Council (ExCo) on Tuesday 23 April 2024, the Directorate of Health and Social Service (DHSS) and the Public Works Department (PWD), are delighted to announce that the Phase 1 of the redevelopment of the Pathology Laboratories at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) will begin this initiative.

  • Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 20:24 UTC

    PAHO and Argentine authorities join forces to tackle dengue crisis

    The Aedes Aegypti mosquito has grown immune to some insecticides due to the overuse of these chemicals

    Argentine health authorities and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have joined forces to devise a strategy to tackle the outbreak of dengue fever after at least 315,000 cases have been confirmed so far this year, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

  • Sunday, April 21st 2024 - 16:15 UTC

    Wreckwatch Magazine special issue calls for 'decolonization' of San José treasure ship

    Secrets of the San José Galleon, a Wreckwatch magazine special, is published on Saturday 20 April 2024. It is available for free from www.wreckwatchmag.com.

    Wreckwatch, the foremost publication dedicated to maritime archaeology, has released a groundbreaking special issue shedding light on the controversial history and future of the San José, a Spanish galleon lost off the coast of Cartagena, Colombia, in 1708.

  • Thursday, April 18th 2024 - 19:13 UTC

    Expedition Confirms Wreck in Argentine Waters is a Submarine

    April 2024 sonar image of Attack periscope extending from submarine conning tower

    By Laurence de Mello

    In a significant milestone, an international Expedition team headed by the ‘Eslabon Perdido Group’ has successfully pinpointed the location of a sunken submarine, resting 4 kilometers off the Argentine coast of Necochea at a depth of 28 meters.

  • Thursday, April 18th 2024 - 10:25 UTC

    First shipment of Paraguayan mosquito repellent sent to Argentina

    Moskill is seizing the opportunity created by Javier Milei's government to push local retail prices down amid the ongoing dengue outbreak

    Paraguayan producers Wednesday dispatched the first shipment of mosquito repellent to Argentine, where President Javier Milei's administration opened up the borders to import this product in a move to curb black-market-like prices given the high demand stemming from the onset of a dengue fever outbreak.

  • Tuesday, April 16th 2024 - 10:14 UTC

    Uruguay reports 80 dengue cases in one day

    Satdjian hoped that this year's flu vaccination campaign would be as successful as previous versions

    Uruguayan authorities announced Monday in Montevideo that 80 new cases of dengue fever have been confirmed nationwide, 55 of them autochthonous (i.e., in patients with no recent travel history) and 25 imported.