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Montevideo, November 24th 2024 - 00:53 UTC

Health & Science

  • Thursday, June 30th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

    South Georgia: Yacht Charter to support wandering albatross surveys

    19th June was albatross day, when the beautiful marine bird is celebrated

    In 2024, the Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) will be undertaking a census of wandering albatross on South Georgia alongside various complementary terrestrial monitoring activities. To support this, GSGSSI requires to charter a yacht. We invite operators to tender for the provision of this service.

  • Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

    Drug consumption on the rise worldwide, UN report shows

    Men take more cannabis, cocaine, and opioids than women, who would rather use prescription drugs and other substances

    According to a United Nations report released in Vienna, the number of people who have tried a narcotic substance in their lives has increased by 26% in the last decade. In 2020, 13.6% of users suffered from drug-related disorders to the point of being dependent or requiring treatment.

  • Monday, June 27th 2022 - 09:47 UTC

    US Navy WWII sunken warship found off The Philippines

    The Sammy B was lying far below the surface than the Titanic

    The remains of the USS Samuel B. Roberts, a warship sunk during World War II, have been found at record depths in the Pacific Ocean, it was reported during the weekend.

  • Monday, June 27th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

    Most Uruguayans favor legalizing euthanasia

    This year's study yielded results almost identical to the ones from 2020

    A survey released this weekend has shown that 55% of Uruguayans are in favor of legalizing euthanasia, while 25% opposed it and the rest still has to make up their minds on the controversial issue.

  • Monday, June 27th 2022 - 08:45 UTC

    Monkeypox not a global emergency for now, says WHO

    In Latin America, cases have been detected in Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia.

    The World Health Organization (WHO) has come to the conclusion following an emergency meeting that 3,200 cases and only one death due to monkeypox globally are not enough to consider the malady a global emergency, it was announced.

  • Saturday, June 25th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

    Nearly 20 million lives saved by Covid-19 vaccines, study shows

    “It was clear early on that global vaccine equity would be the only way out of the pandemic,” Watson said

    Scientists from Imperial College London have released a study explaining that COVID-19 vaccines have saved nearly 20 million lives during their first year of existence, although more could have been achieved had international targets been met.

  • Saturday, June 25th 2022 - 09:46 UTC

    Local transmission of monkeypox confirmed in Brazil

    Monkeypox patients are predominantly male

    The Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro Friday confirmed the existence of local transmission of the monkeypox virus, after two more cases were detected in men aged 25 and 30 without either a recent travel record or contact with anyone with one.

  • Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 23:29 UTC

    Antarctic Treaty members agree to protect Shackleton's Endurance wreck 3.000 meters deep in the Weddell Sea

    Member states of the Antarctic Treaty have already declared the wreck, which lies in 3,000m of water, a Historic Site and Monument (HSM).

    A 500m perimeter is being implemented to aid the protection of Endurance, the ship famously lost in the Antarctic by explorer Ernest Shackleton. The vessel's position on the Weddell Sea floor was finally identified in March, 107 years after its sinking.

  • Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 17:43 UTC

    RRS Sir David Attenborough centre stage at “Poles Apart” gallery in National Maritime Museum

    RRS Sir David Attenborough completes ice trials on its maiden voyage to Antarctica

    Britain’s new polar research ship, RRS Sir David Attenborough, is centre-stage in a new gallery, ‘Poles Apart’, which opened at the Royal Museums Greenwich National Maritime Museum. The exhibition serves as a lasting reminder of the RRS Sir David Attenborough visit to Greenwich in October 2021, ahead of the UN Climate Conference held in Glasgow, and of the contribution the ship will make over its 30-year career to climate science.

  • Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 17:34 UTC

    WHO admits that antibiotic resistance is winning the innovation battle

    According to WHO, in 2021 there were only 27 new antibiotics in clinical development against priority pathogens, down from 31 products in 2017

    Development of new antibacterial treatments is inadequate to address the mounting threat of antibiotic resistance, according to the annual pipeline report by the World Health Organization. The 2021 report describes the antibacterial clinical and preclinical pipeline as stagnant and far from meeting global needs. Since 2017 only 12 antibiotics have been approved, 10 of which belong to existing classes with established mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).