Health & Science

Tuesday, October 4th 2022 - 09:10 UTC
US: Easier access increases number of calls for assistance against suicide

Suicide assistance lines in the United States are going through an unprecedented 45% increase in activity in the last few months since the three-digit line made things easier por people in distress, it was reported.
Monday, October 3rd 2022 - 18:20 UTC
Sweden-born scientist gets Medicine Nobel Prize 40 years after his father did

A Sweden-born scientist who resides in Leipzig, Germany, has been awarded Monday the 2022 Medicine Nobel Prize for his findings on prehistoric DNA.
Saturday, October 1st 2022 - 10:14 UTC
Argentine authorities favor sterilization surgery starting at age 16

Argentina's Health Ministry has launched a campaign aimed at enabling teenagers to have access to sterilization procedures such as a vasectomy or a tube ligation from the age of 16, it was reported in Buenos Aires.
Saturday, October 1st 2022 - 10:08 UTC
Rio de Janeiro says meningitis cases on the rise

Health authorities in the Brazilian State of Rio de Janeiro have announced the number of cases of meningitis recorded so far in 2022 already exceeds those detected all throughout 2021.
Thursday, September 29th 2022 - 10:13 UTC
Pfizer files for clearance to use booster dose on children aged 5 to 11

US pharmaceutical company Pfizer has filed a request before the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week for an emergency clearance to vaccinate children aged 5 to 11 with a 10-microgram booster dose against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.
Thursday, September 29th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Monkeypox has reached Tierra del Fuego and Magallanes Region

Monkeypox has reached Tierra del Fuego and Magallanes Region in Chile. Tierra del Fuego province head of Epidemiology Office confirmed three cases in Ushuaia, one in Rio Grande and four more suspects. On the other side apparently a case has been reported in Puerto Natales, a woman who recently visited neighboring Argentina, while Chilean authorities announced that the country has enough vaccines to begin inoculation in October.
Monday, September 26th 2022 - 10:02 UTC
Peru vaccinates u-5s against COVID-19

Peruvian health authorities began vaccinating children under five years of age Sunday against COVID-19 with pediatric doses available in Lima and Callao.
Monday, September 26th 2022 - 09:59 UTC
Argentine lab announces local production of Sputnik V vaccine ends

The Argentine laboratory manufacturing Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine has announced it would halt the line to target other types of diseases, it was reported in Buenos Aires.
Monday, September 26th 2022 - 09:54 UTC
South Georgia announces the latest version of the Bio-Security Handbook

The Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands has announced that the latest version of the Bio-security Handbook is now available. The Handbook details the procedures which are in place to help reduce the risk of harmful non-native species and disease entering the Territory and steps in place to detect them and limit their spread should they arrive.
Monday, September 26th 2022 - 09:43 UTC
Brazil launches vaccination campaign against polio

Brazil's Health Ministry has launched a new nationwide vaccination campaign against poliomyelitis and other maladies, it was reported. Attending Saturday's ceremony marking the beginning of the new effort was Minister Marcelo Queiroga.