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Health & Science

  • Wednesday, February 1st 2023 - 10:07 UTC

    RRS Sir David Attenborough begins its polar science trials in Antarctica

    RRS Sir David Attenborough will be testing the science capability during polar science trials. Photo: BAS

    Falklands flagged UK’s new polar ship RRS Sir David Attenborough begins its polar science trials in Antarctica this week. A team of 30 national and international scientists, engineers and technical staff departed the Falkland Islands on Tuesday for almost two months of science capability trials – the first to test the ship’s science capabilities in deep polar waters.

  • Tuesday, January 31st 2023 - 18:43 UTC

    WHO, US extend Covid-19 emergency

    “Vaccination will remain an essential part of our approach,” Ghebreyesus said

    The US Government announced Monday that the Covid-19 emergency is to be extended until May. The decision came after a World Health Organization (WHO) panel issued a recommendation not to change the current sanitary status given that SARS-CoV- 2 remains a “permanently established pathogen” in humans and animals.

  • Friday, January 27th 2023 - 09:54 UTC

    WHO Committee to declare end of Covid-19 emergency?

    “I remain very concerned about the situation in many countries and the increasing number of deaths,” Tedros said

    An Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization convening Friday might decide to declare the end of the “public health emergency” stemming from Covid-19. The committee's decision is to be announced on Jan. 30.

  • Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 10:06 UTC

    Falklands Veterinary Service reports Avian pox amongst Gentoo penguins

    Avian Pox is a contagious disease and can be spread through contaminated footwear and clothing.

    The Veterinary Service section from the Falkland Islands Department of Agriculture has announced that it has received a reported outbreak of avian pox amongst Gentoo penguins in the Falklands.

  • Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 09:51 UTC

    Argentina keeping an eye on Antarctica's new iceberg

    “It is necessary to monitor when the icebreaker Irizar passes by that [the ice floe] is at a prudent distance,” Marinsek explained

    The Argentine Antarctic Institute (IAA) warned that the iceberg that calved off the Brunt Ice Shelf into the Wedell Sea is such a large structure that any vessel coming its way would have to take evasive action. Hence, it is being monitored to make sure it does not affect the icebreaker ARA Almirante Irízar's route from Ushuaia to the Argentine bases in the region.

  • Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 18:45 UTC

    Bolsonaro needs another operation for his abdominal wound

    Doctor Macedo did not mention when Bolsonaro might come back from the United States

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is to be operated on again when he returns to his country from the United States due to new complications from the stabbing he received in the city of Juiz de Fora, state of Minas Gerais, during the 2018 campaign, it was reported Wednesday.

  • Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 18:19 UTC

    WHO issues warning on lethal cough syrup

    The contaminated products have been authorized to enter other markets, although “they are not expected to be on sale,” WHO Spokeswoman Margaret Harris said.

    The World Health Organization Tuesday issued a warning against a deadly cough syrup that has already killed some 300 children in 7 countries.

  • Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 08:16 UTC

    New iceberg calved into Antarctica's Weddel Sea

    New icebergs are formed from time to time. The last major chunk to come off the Brunt was in 1971

    A 1,550 km2 iceberg broke off from Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf, British scientists reported Monday. “The 1,550-square-kilometer block of ice broke off the ice shelf between 7 pm and 8 pm Sunday after a strong tide widened an existing crack in the ice shelf,” the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) explained.

  • Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 15:58 UTC

    A news site set AI to write text and had to cancel the whole thing: it turns out bad

    As with automation in other parts of the workforce, some people don't trust companies to use AI ethically.

    The U.S. technology website CNET has stopped publishing articles written by Artificial Intelligence (AI), at least for the time being, as reported by The Verge.

  • Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 09:47 UTC

    Brazil: Health emergency declared in Yanomami territory

    PT lawmakers want to hold Bolsonaro accountable for the malnutrition of the Yanomami people

    Brazilian authorities declared a public health emergency in the territories where the native Yanomami community resides in Roraima and set up the Center of Operations for Emergencies in Public Health (COE - Yanomami) reporting directly to the Indigenous Health Department (SESAI).