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Montevideo, November 21st 2024 - 10:44 UTC

Health & Science

  • Friday, July 19th 2024 - 21:24 UTC

    Computer glitch paralyzes key services globally

    Airlines and banks globally were rendered inoperational due to the malfunction

    A Microsoft computer system crashed worldwide Friday as the so-called “blue screen of death” appeared on many users after the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike used a faulty software update hitting servers and cloud storage services causing severe losses and distress.

  • Thursday, July 18th 2024 - 09:13 UTC

    Biden tests positive for Covid-19 as concerns over his health mount

    “I feel good,” said an unmasked Biden as he walked to Air Force One at Harry Reid International Airport

    US President Joseph Biden tested positive for Covid-19 in Las Vegas Wednesday just one day after admitting that he would be stepping out of his reelection campaign only if a medical condition so advised. Following his diagnosis, the 81-year-old leader, who lost his debate with former President Donald Trump and is visibly battling his physical condition to remain active, flew to his Delaware vacation home to recover. He was said to have mild respiratory symptoms and “general malaise.”

  • Wednesday, July 17th 2024 - 07:43 UTC

    Brazil bounces back from bottom tier regarding child vaccination

    “Global immunization coverage has yet to recover from the historic setback it suffered during the pandemic,” O'Brien stressed

    According to data from world health authorities released this week, Brazil is no longer among the 20 nations that vaccinate the least children, while Venezuela was included by Unicef and the World Health Organization (WHO) in the group lagging behind in terms of immunizations against measles, tetanus or diphtheria.

  • Saturday, July 13th 2024 - 10:02 UTC

    UKHAT Conservation Plan for protecting “Endurance”, Shackleton's iconic vessel

    The Endurance was found in 2022 (Credit: © FMHT-National Geographic

    The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust are proud to announce the Conservation Management Plan (CMP) for one of the most famous shipwrecks of all time – Shackleton’s Endurance – has been published and is available to view on the site, enduranceshipwreck.org.

  • Thursday, July 11th 2024 - 19:17 UTC

    Buenos Aires the best city in the region, The Economist finds

    Founded in 1580, the Argentine capital topped the list for the third consecutive year

    Buenos Aires was once again picked by The Economist as the most liveable city in South America according to the outlet's usual scale measuring environmental, cultural, and infrastructural issues in addition to stability and medical care. The Argentine capital topped the list for the third year in a row, standing out for its highly regarded UBA (University of Buenos Aires) among other perks.

  • Monday, July 8th 2024 - 07:15 UTC

    New variants of Covid-19 spreading rapidly worldwide

    Experts fear an increase in contagions during the Paris Olympic Games later this month

    Ecuadorean health authorities have reported that the new FLiRT (KP.2) variant of Covid-19 had reached the country after two individuals -a 24-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman- tested positive in the Cotopaxi province. Both patients were vaccinated, the Health Ministry also noted. Local experts recalled that although not lethal, FLiRT was highly contagious, and therefore insisted on the importance of personal hygiene.

  • Saturday, July 6th 2024 - 07:53 UTC

    Brazil to build lab marking pandemic readiness

    “All countries need to prepare for new pandemics,” Trindade noted

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva attended this week the laying of the foundation stone for the Orion Project, a laboratory complex specialized in disease-causing pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, and parasites to be built in Campinas, in the State of São Paulo. According to Agencia Brasil, the facility is expected to be the most advanced in Latin America and one of the most important in the world.

  • Saturday, July 6th 2024 - 07:47 UTC

    COVID-19 investigation during the first community outbreak in a remote island: Falkland Islands

    Despite limited natural immunity, our findings suggested that vaccination was effective protecting against severe disease and booster doses provided additional short-term protection against infection

    Published in the National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information, with the contribution of the following, Alice Wynne; Thomas Bale; Rebecca Edwards; Natalie Wright and Petra Manley

  • Thursday, July 4th 2024 - 19:49 UTC

    Internet becomes a basic service in Chile

    The measure applies only to fixed home services, Araya explained

    Internet access has become a basic service in Chile just like drinking water, sanitation, and electricity, which renders it eligible for subsidies and other government-sponsored forms of assistance, it was reported from Santiago on Thursday.

  • Tuesday, July 2nd 2024 - 21:12 UTC

    Bird flu pandemic feared to be spreading in slow motion

    Three humans have so far tested positive for avian flu in the United States after being in contact with cows

    Scientists have been reported to be fearing a “slow-motion” version of a bird flu pandemic after the virus was detected in 129 dairy herds in the United States, which would make transmission to humans more likely, particularly in the wake of detections among other mammals such as alpacas or domestic cats.