Health & Science

Thursday, July 7th 2022 - 17:58 UTC
A judge in Uruguay has prohibited Covid vaccines for children; Health Ministry complies with the ruling

In a Montevideo court, judge Alejandro Recarey notified his final ruling on the appeal for protection filed to stop the vaccination against covid-19 in minors under 13 years of age in Uruguay.
Thursday, July 7th 2022 - 10:10 UTC
Demonstration against Pfizer vaccines staged in Montevideo amidst court hearing

A group of Uruguayan anti-vaccine protesters gathered Wednesday at the courthouse doorstep in support of Surrogate Judge Alejandro Recarey's decision earlier this week to request information from the Health Ministry (MSP) and the Pfizer laboratory regarding anti-COVID-19 vaccines.
Thursday, July 7th 2022 - 09:49 UTC
COVID-19 vaccination in Rio going on... but slowly

Rio de Janeiro city health authorities Wednesday explained vaccination against COVID-19was going on at a pace slower than they would hope for, amid reports of a growing number of cases and the appearance of more contagious variants.
Thursday, July 7th 2022 - 09:09 UTC
Number of monkeypox cases in Brazil reaches 106

Brazilian health authorities Wednesday confirmed the number of confirmed cases of monkeypox nationwide had reached 106, with 75 of them in São Paulo and 20 in Rio de Janeiro.
Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 09:37 UTC
Peru returns to blanket mandatory wearing of facemasks

Peruvian health authorities Monday reinstated the mandatory wearing of facemasks both in indoor and outdoor settings in light of the fourth wave of COVID-19 hitting the country.
Monday, July 4th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Uruguayan judge demands explanations regarding Pfizer's COVID-19 vax

An Uruguayan court has ruled that the national government and the laboratory Pfizer must disclose during a hearing this coming Wednesday the exact components of the COVID-19 vaccine of that brand which is widely used throughout the country.
Monday, July 4th 2022 - 09:48 UTC
Number of monkeypox cases in Brazil reportedly reaches 78

The Brazilian state-run news service Agencia Brasil Sunday confirmed 76 cases of monkeypox nationwide, while CNN spoke of 78 detections as the malady begins to spread throughout the country.
Monday, July 4th 2022 - 08:36 UTC
LATAM air link to Falklands from Chile normalized after 30 months

The commercial air link between Punta Arenas, southern Chile, and the Falkland Islands resumed last Saturday after an absence of more than two years because of the Covid 19 pandemic.
Friday, July 1st 2022 - 21:48 UTC
Uruguay, the worst in the Americas for suicides, reached a new record for self-murders in 2021

Despite the fact that Uruguay has been positioned by many indicators as one of the most advanced countries in terms of socioeconomic equality in the least egalitarian region of the world, where access to health and solid institutions with low corruption rates is relatively guaranteed in relation to its neighbors in the region, the Uruguayan Ministry of Public Health (MSP) reported that last year there were 758 suicides, which is equivalent to a rate of 21.39 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants.
Friday, July 1st 2022 - 09:39 UTC
Penguins at most risk off South Africa after predator whales seize the area

A study released this week in the peer-reviewed African Journal of Marine Science, would show that killer orcas are behind the finding of eight white sharks dead off the coast of Gansbaai, in western South Africa in 2017.