Health & Science

Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:24 UTC
Respiratory disease in Tucumán determined to be Legionella

Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti confirmed that the mysterious respiratory disease in the province of Tucumán, which has caused so far 5 deaths, was bilateral pneumonia caused by the Legionella bacteria.
Saturday, September 3rd 2022 - 10:26 UTC
Dr. Tedros hopeful about future of monkeypox

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Friday told reporters that the recent decline in monkeypox cases in North America and Europe proved that shows that the current outbreak of the malady can be stopped.
Friday, September 2nd 2022 - 18:52 UTC
Bolsonaro guilty of crimes against humanity for COVID-19 measures

The Rome-based Permanent Peoples' Tribunal (PPT) found Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro guilty of crimes against humanity and Human Rights violations for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Friday, September 2nd 2022 - 18:33 UTC
New drastic lockdown ordered in a Chinese city

Some 21 million people have been placed under sanitary confinement Thursday in the Chinese City of Chengdu as a result of a new outbreak of COVID-19 in a move to tackle “an extremely complex and serious pandemic situation,” it was reported.
Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 14:13 UTC
British Antarctic Survey is releasing 25 years of aerogeophysical data

Over the past 50 years, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has been one of the significant acquirers of aero geophysical data over Antarctica, providing scientists with gravity, magnetic, and radar datasets that have been central to many studies of the past, present, and future evolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 09:57 UTC
Price of gasoline at pumps drops slightly in Uruguay

Uruguayan authorities have announced a UY$ 3 (US$ 0.074) reduction in the price of gasoline at pumps effective Thursday. Energy Minister Omar Paganini also explained the price of supergas (cooking gas) and diesel fuel would remain unchanged.
Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Mysterious respiratory disease in Argentine province kills two

Health authorities in the Argentine province of Tucumán (center, north) have reported the second death of a still unidentified lung disease that has spread locally over the past few weeks, it was announced.
Wednesday, August 31st 2022 - 19:14 UTC
Millions of Chinese citizens again under lockdown amid zero-COVID policies

Chinese authorities have once again placed millions of people under lockdown following the resurgence of an outbreak of COVID-19 of the Omicron variant and as a consequence of the national government's zero-COVID policy.
Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 09:49 UTC
Sunken ship found off Argentine Patagonia identified

Scientists have announced they have identified the remnants of a sunken ship found near the Argentine city of Puerto Madryn. It would be a US-built whaler called Dolphin from the mid-1800s.
Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 09:33 UTC
Monkeypox spreading fast throughout South America

Peruvian health authorities Monday reported 1,463 cases of monkeypox in 16 of the country's regions, while 812 patients had already been discharged, as Health Ministry officials were monitoring the close contacts of those infected.