Health & Science

• Wednesday, October 26th 2022 - 07:43 UTC

  Falklands' Health and Social Services logo competition

  

  The Falkland Islands' Health and Social Services Department would like to invite budding artists or technical designers to help design a new logo for the directorate.

• Wednesday, October 26th 2022 - 01:05 UTC

  “The ship beneath the Sea”, Shackleton's Endurance

  

  “Well, what about the Endurance,” was the seed of the challenge suggested by a good friend of maritime archeologist Mensun Bound when they met in south Kensington at Caffe Nero, for a coffee in the summer of August 2012.

• Monday, October 24th 2022 - 19:18 UTC

  Brazil increases monkeypox testing capacity

  

  Brazil's Health Ministry has increased to 31 the number of laboratories nationwide equipped to corroborate if a patient's infection corresponds to monkeypox through the delivery of testing kits developed and produced by the Rio de Janeiro-based Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz).

• Monday, October 24th 2022 - 18:47 UTC

  Argentine Health Ministry's computers hacked

  

  Argentina's Health Ministry had its computer system hacked. Sensitive data such as names of people infected with the HIV virus were reportedly leaked while false information was added to the databases, it was reported.

• Monday, October 24th 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  No more sanitary requirements to enter Paraguay

  

  The government of Paraguay has lifted all sanitary requirements to enter the country, effective Monday, Oct. 24, it was announced.

• Thursday, October 20th 2022 - 23:24 UTC

  Chile to be billed for travelers seeking treatment in Chubut

  

  Chile's government will pay for the non-urgent medical treatment given to citizens of that country at the hospital in the Argentine Patagonia city of Esquel, effective next month, following an agreement with the province of Chubut.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2022 - 19:18 UTC

  German WWII sunken submarine found off Necochea

  

  Researchers from the “Eslabón Perdido” (Missing Link) team have come across a German Reichsmarine submarine off the coast of Necochea in the Argentine province of Buenos Aires near Arenas Verdes and Costa Bonita, it was reported Tuesday.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2022 - 08:03 UTC

  Falklands Senior Veterinary Officer recommendations on Avian Influenza

  

  As we have learnt Avian Influenza is the current bird/poultry disease to look out for. Just to recap: Avian Influenza is a viral disease of birds (very seldom also humans), that is mainly transmitted via direct contact and/or droppings of infected birds. The symptoms can range from flu type symptoms (sneezing, respiratory distress) and decrease in the number of eggs laid, all the way to sudden death.

• Monday, October 17th 2022 - 19:04 UTC

  Argentine doctors highlight steep drop in COVID-19 vaccination

  

  Argentine physicians have voiced their concern after detecting a low number of children vaccinated against COVID-19 nationwide at a time when the pandemic is not over, it was reported.

• Saturday, October 15th 2022 - 14:00 UTC

  Global Handwashing Day draws awareness of hygiene deficits

  

  A United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (Unicef) report released this week showed that some 700 children daily from diseases caused by inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene. The document also pointed out that 3 in 10 people worldwide lack basic hand washing facilities with soap and water