Health & Science

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.
Monday, August 29th 2022 - 20:47 UTC
Uruguay chosen by WHO for hepatitis B and C program

Uruguayan authorities have announced that as of next month healthcare facilities will be surveyed to detect the presence of hepatitis B and C in order to provide input for the development and adjustment of policies regarding these maladies and meet World Health Organization (WHO) requirements to reduce the number of infected people by 2030.
Monday, August 29th 2022 - 10:43 UTC
Over 720,000 COVID-19 vaccines discarded in Paraguay

Paraguayan health authorities have admitted that over 720,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been lost due to expiration or open vials, it was reported in Asunción.
Monday, August 29th 2022 - 10:10 UTC
Chilean scientists discover new bird species in sub-Antarctic island, 100km south of Cape Horn

Amazed Chilean scientists have identified a new bird species, the Sub-Antarctic rayadito in the Diego Ramirez Islands that lie 100 kilometers from southern Chile's Cape Horn.