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Montevideo, December 16th 2025 - 22:16 UTC

Health & Science

  • Monday, April 10th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

    Covid-19 cases on the rise in Peru

    “It is necessary and essential to sustain preventive measures such as vaccination,” Gutiérrez said

    Peruvian health authorities are detecting a surge in the number of cases of Covid-19 nationwide. Health Minister Rosa Gutiérrez told reporters that the increase had been focused on Lima and in the northern parts of the country.

  • Saturday, April 8th 2023 - 10:11 UTC

    Uruguay's Health Minister worried about travelers bringing home dengue

    “We have to take care of ourselves,” Rando said

    Uruguayan health authorities have issued a series of recommendations to nationals of the South American country traveling abroad, particularly to Argentina, for the Easter Weekend due to a surge in the number of dengue cases detected in the neighboring nation. Health Minister Karina Rando stressed that those returning from that country and from Brazil should be attentive to possible symptoms for 10 or 12 days.

  • Friday, April 7th 2023 - 10:19 UTC

    Argentine fishing research campaign in South Georgia Islands completed

    The authorities praised the Victor Angelescu's capabilities

    A research expedition in the South Atlantic to further explore the oceanographic fishing scenario around the South Georgia Islands ended “satisfactorily” despite the “extreme” hydro-meteorological, environmental, and topographic conditions of the area, the Argentine Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MINCyT) announced this week.

  • Thursday, April 6th 2023 - 14:49 UTC

    The truth about cell phone “spying”: Can our phones really listen to us?

    The study found that nearly half of Brits (45%) say they “have seen an ad for something pop up on their phones shortly after talking about it or seeing it on TV, without even looking for it”

    Cell phone “spying” is a long-standing suspicion that is fueled by the exclusive “coincidences” between what is talked about near the device and what happens later in interest.

  • Thursday, March 30th 2023 - 10:43 UTC

    ARA Irízar off to final stage of Antarctic campaign

    The Irízar also unloaded Antarctic waste and other materials in Ushuaia

    Argentine Navy icebreaker ARA Almirante Irízar Captain Carlos Recio announced that the unit had “complied with all the tasks emanating from the operations order of the Joint Antarctic Commander, also carrying out more than 600 movements of scientific and military personnel between the different joint Antarctic bases” and was therefore on her way to the last stage of the ”Antarctic Summer Campaign (CAV) 2022/2023,” it was reported.

  • Wednesday, March 29th 2023 - 14:09 UTC

    Pause AI development: Open letter from world's tech leaders urges labs to stop

    Although AI has the potential to revolutionize the world as we know it, experts are concerned about the “significant risks to humanity” that could result from uncontrolled AI.

    Elon Musk and many other experts around the world have recently signed a petition requesting a six-month pause on research into artificial intelligence (AI) that is more powerful than ChatGPT 4, the OpenAI model that was launched this month.

  • Wednesday, March 29th 2023 - 10:28 UTC

    Dengue kills 6 in Argentina

    Between 80 and 90 cases of dengue are treated daily at one single Buenos Aires hospital and the number of infections is growing

    Health authorities in the Argentine province of Tucumán Tuesday reported three more deaths due to dengue, which after last week's casualties, brings the total number of fatalities to six nationwide.

  • Wednesday, March 29th 2023 - 10:18 UTC

    WHO changes its mind on further Covid-19 vaccination schemes

    “Countries should consider their specific context when deciding whether to continue to vaccinate low-risk groups,” WHO's Hanna Nohynek explained

    The World Health Organization (WHO) has reviewed its guidelines on whom to keep vaccinating against Covid-19. As per the global agency's new recommendations, countries were advised to reconsider whether to continue giving booster shots to low-risk groups, such as healthy children and adolescents.

  • Monday, March 27th 2023 - 19:45 UTC

    Argentina bans the sale and import of e-cigarettes

    Electronic cigarette consumption in Argentina had relatively low values, reaching 1.1% of the adult population. However, it reached 7% of the population aged 13 to 15 years.

    The Ministry of Health of Argentina has prohibited the importation, distribution, commercialization, and advertising of different types of electronic cigarettes and their accessories “throughout the national territory”, due to their potential harm to health.

  • Saturday, March 25th 2023 - 10:36 UTC

    Falklands, no confirmed cases of avian influenza in wild or domestic birds

    Senior Veterinary Office, Zoe Fowler, “The fact that we have managed to avoid any real suspect, or confirmed case of avian influenza is a significant achievement.” Photo: WHO / Archive

    The Veterinary Department can confirm that, following a major implementation of enhanced bio-security across the Islands, there have, to date, been no confirmed cases of avian influenza (bird flu) in the Falkland Islands wild or domestic birds.