Health & Science

Thursday, December 15th 2022 - 21:30 UTC
Falklands forced to reschedule flu vaccine clinics

The KEMH regrets to advise the public that the second expected shipment of flu vaccines has not arrived in the Islands in time for the scheduled clinics.
Thursday, December 15th 2022 - 11:41 UTC
British Doctor Farrar has been appointed as Chief Scientist of World Health Organization

The World Health Organization announced that Dr. Jeremy Farrar will become its new Chief Scientist. Currently, the Director of the Wellcome Trust, Dr. Farrar will join WHO in the second quarter of 2023.
Thursday, December 15th 2022 - 11:13 UTC
Salinas said Uruguay has enough supply of the Pfizer vaccine

Uruguay's Health Minister Daniel Salinas Wednesday announced that additional vaccination centers would be opened for the administration of booster doses of the COVID-19 immunizer.
Wednesday, December 14th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Accelerated action needed to ensure safe drinking-water, sanitation and hygiene, WHO report

Urgent action is needed globally and locally to achieve safe and sustainably managed water, sanitation and hygiene for all in order to prevent devastating impacts on the health of millions of people.
Monday, December 12th 2022 - 18:29 UTC
EU/UK Epica project to determine Antarctica age by drilling the ice core

Scientists have returned to East Antarctica this month to locate the oldest ice on Earth. The team is part of an EU-funded research consortium from 10 European countries whose aim is to drill an ice core to capture 1.5 million years of Earth’s climate history. The project, Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice, will answer important questions about big shifts in the past record of Earth’s climate.
Monday, December 12th 2022 - 12:03 UTC
Avian flu confirmed among dead pelicans in the north of Chile

Following the confirmation of reported cases of avian flu in the north of Chile, Public Health ministry officials visited the area over the weekend where hundreds of dead pelicans have been found, pointing out that “so far there is no evidence of the bird flu contagion of humans” and calling on people to avoid contact with dead or sick birds.
Monday, December 12th 2022 - 09:57 UTC
COVID-19 keeps spreading in Argentina: 7 people reported dead

Argentine health authorities have announced an alarming increase in the number of cases of COVID-19, which has doubled in the past week and grown above 1100% in one month. COVID-19-related deaths were reported to have amounted to 7 last week.
Monday, December 12th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
New discovery at Peru's Nazca lines reported

Japanese researchers from Yamagata University have announced the discovery of some 168 new geoglyphs in Peru's Nazca Lines.
Sunday, December 11th 2022 - 15:00 UTC
Book review: The Ship Beneath the Ice

The loss of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance is the stuff of legend. She was crushed in the ice of the Weddell Sea in 1915. The subsequent escape of Shackleton and his men is an epic of heroism and survival.
Friday, December 9th 2022 - 08:18 UTC
Argentina: COVID-19 spreading faster in Province of BA that in CABA

The Argentine province of Buenos Aires has reported the fastest pace in the growing number of COVID-19 cases, surpassing that of the City of Buenos Aires which was leading national statistics up until this week.