Health & Science

• Saturday, July 30th 2022 - 08:06 UTC

  Uruguay has first case of monkeypox confirmed

  

  Uruguayan health authorities Friday announced the first case of monkeypox had been confirmed in the country. According to the Ministry of Public Health (MSP), the infection was proved through PCR testing.

• Friday, July 29th 2022 - 19:24 UTC

  Brazil reports first death of patient with monkeypox

  

  Brazilian health authorities Friday confirmed the first death linked to monkeypox in the country: a 41-year-old man, who was already under treatment for other diseases, including cancer, which caused the worsening of his health condition.

• Friday, July 29th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Argentine health authorities devise strategies against monkeypox

  

  Argentine Health Minister Carla Vizzotti convened a meeting with “experts” to generate “strategies to strengthen epidemiological surveillance, work together with the jurisdictions to decentralize diagnosis, train health teams and generate information actions for society.”

• Friday, July 29th 2022 - 09:39 UTC

  Full dinosaur skeleton auctioned for over US$ 6 million

  

  The complete skeleton of a dinosaur that lived at the end of the Cretaceous era has been sold Thursday in a Sotheby's auction in New York for US$ 6.1 million to an anonymous bidder who also purchased the rights to name the fossilized creature at will, it was announced.

• Thursday, July 28th 2022 - 22:00 UTC

  China: Full lockdown reinstated in Wuhan area due to COVID-19

  

  In line with their Zero-COVID policy, Chinese authorities have placed an entire district on the outskirts of Wuhan under strict lockdown for the first time since 2020, it was reported.

• Thursday, July 28th 2022 - 20:36 UTC

  Uruguay back to vaccinating children against COVID-19

  

  Uruguay Thursday resumed vaccinating children aged 5 to 13 against COVID-19 after an Appellate Court reversed earlier this week Judge Alejandro Recarey's ruling halting the therapeutic procedure.

• Thursday, July 28th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Falklands approves importation, possession, use and sale of Cannabidiol (CBD)

  

  The Executive Council of the Falkland Islands has approved that the importation, possession, use and retail sale of excepted products containing Cannabidiol (CBD) in the Falklands should be lawful. The announcement was reported on the Falklands government page.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 21:25 UTC

  Fauci, WHO agree: vaccines not enough to stop monkeypox

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned earlier this week that vaccines alone are not enough to stop the spread of the monkeypox epidemic and urged people at risk to take additional precautions. Meanwhile, White House Senior Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said in a broadcast interview that about 99% of the cases have occurred in men who have sex with men.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 21:00 UTC

  Passarella has a neurological condition similar to Parkinson's and Alzheimer's

  

  Daniel Alberto Passarella, who captained Argentina to their first ever World Cup title, on home soil in 1978, has been reported to have a neurodegenerative condition with combined signs and symptoms of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, which keeps him isolated at home most of the time.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 09:47 UTC

  Court rules Uruguay may resume vaccination of children against COVID-19

  

  A Montevideo Court of Appeals Tuesday reversed a previous decision by a lower court halting vaccination of children aged between 5 and 13 years against COVID-19, Health Minister Daniel Salinas announced. The administration of these drugs will be resumed Thursday without prior appointments needed.