Health & Science

Monday, April 24th 2023 - 10:15 UTC
Uruguayan authorities tackle chikungunya

Uruguay's Health Minister Karina Rando and Undersecretary José Luis Satdjián Saturday visited Paysandú, where seven cases of chikungunya were confirmed in patients who had no travel history.
Monday, April 24th 2023 - 09:20 UTC
Chile reports first human case of avian influenza; Uruguay begins vaccination in commercial poultry farms

The Ministry of Health of Chile notified WHO of the detection of human infection with avian influenza A(H5) virus. The patient is a 53-year-old male from the Region of Antofagasta in the north of Chile. He had no history of comorbidities or recent travel.
Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:00 UTC
BAS Rothera Research Station has new scientific and operational support facility

Work got underway on the latest of the Royal Navy’s next-generation submarine hunters, a £840m Type 26 frigate warship which will carry the name and motto – Forward – of England’s second city, Birmingham, around the globe for a quarter of a century.A new scientific and operational support facility at Rothera Research Station for British Antarctic Survey has been made weather-tight, with the cladding complete and an operations tower installed.
Wednesday, April 19th 2023 - 10:23 UTC
Argentine ice breaker Almirante Irizar back in Ushuaia signals the end of 2022/23 Antarctica season

Argentine icebreaker ARA Almirante Irizar is back in Ushuaia following its round of visits to Antarctica stations leaving all ready for the personnel that remained preparing for the long dark winter months. This has also meant the official end of the Argentine Antarctic Campaign 2022/23, which takes place under the operational command of the Joint Antarctic Command.
Sunday, April 16th 2023 - 12:15 UTC
Dutch gov't to extend euthanasia option to children aged 1 to 12

Dutch Health Minister Ernst Kuipers Friday announced that regulations were being drafted so that euthanasia can be applied to that small group of children aged 1 to 12 “for whom palliative care options are not sufficient to alleviate their suffering” and who has “such a serious illness or disorder that death is inevitable.”
Sunday, April 16th 2023 - 11:45 UTC
Chikungunya kills 90 people in Paraguay so far this year

Paraguayan health authorities last week confirmed at least 90 deaths this year had been caused by chikungunya fever, while Uruguay detected its first imported case of the malady. One more case was also confirmed in the last days of 2022, according to the latest report from Paraguay's Health Ministry released on Friday.
Thursday, April 13th 2023 - 10:57 UTC
Argentina working with dengue as with Covid-19

Argentine Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Wednesday said her country was treating the dengue outbreak with the same degree of concern with which the Covid-19 pandemic was handled.
Wednesday, April 12th 2023 - 10:00 UTC
Patient died of avian flu in China, WHO confirms

The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday confirmed one Chinese woman has died of the H3N8 variant of avian flu after being hospitalized for severe pneumonia on March 3.
Tuesday, April 11th 2023 - 10:53 UTC
Dengue positive cases in Argentina double in a week

According to public health numbers from the Health Ministry, mosquito-transmitted Dengue cases in Argentina have grown exponentially, reaching 28,235 which represents a 74% increase over the previous epidemiological report.
Tuesday, April 11th 2023 - 10:36 UTC
US: Biden signs bill ending Covid-19 emergency

US President Joseph Biden Monday signed into law a bill officially ending the Covid-19 crisis by May 11, this year, thus lifting the current national emergency and public health emergency declarations enacted by former President Donald Trump in 2020, it was announced in Washington DC.