Health & Science

Thursday, May 2nd 2024 - 10:24 UTC
Dengue fever causes over 2,000 deaths so far this year in Brazil

Dengue fever has killed over 2,000 people in Brazil while almost 4.2 million cases of the malady have been confirmed this year in South America's largest country. The incidence rate of the disease is 2,056.9 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
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Wednesday, May 1st 2024 - 14:30 UTC
Panama Canal Authority to explore desalinization plant's potential

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced Tuesday that a pilot plan to test the viability of implementing a desalination process was to be carried out in a move to keep the century-old structure fully operational while maintaining the quality of water for human consumption.
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Tuesday, April 30th 2024 - 04:06 UTC
Falklands launches a scientific mental health awareness survey

The Falkland Islands King Edward Memorial Hospital, KEMH, Public Health Unit is asking the public's views on mental health to better understand awareness, perceptions and attitudes related to mental health among the Islands residents.
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Monday, April 29th 2024 - 16:07 UTC
Former President José Mujica reveals that he suffers from cancer

Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica revealed on Monday that he had been diagnosed with a tumor in his esophagus following a routine medical examination on Friday. At a press conference surrounded by leaders, activists and supporters of his Frente Amplio party, the world-renowned political figure vowed to continue his activism despite the health challenge.
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Saturday, April 27th 2024 - 10:59 UTC
Cases of dengue in mainland Chile are all imported

Chilean health authorities said that dengue fever was on the rise nationwide last week, now totaling 228 confirmed cases, none of them autochthonous (patients with no recent travel history) in Chile's mainland. Nevertheless, local experts underlined that the Aedes Aegyppti mosquito was present in the country as a result of weather abnormalities stemming from climate change.
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Saturday, April 27th 2024 - 09:54 UTC
Brazil opens insulin-producing plant

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Friday participated in the city of Nova Lima, state of Minas Gerais, in the opening of the Biomm recombinant human insulin-producing plant. The Government will purchase the entire output to make it available free of charge nationwide for diabetes patients. The facility is said to have cost around R$ 800 million (US$ 156 million) through loans from public banks. The South American country currently imports 95% of the insulin it uses. Some 15.7 million adults are said to have the malady nationwide.
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Friday, April 26th 2024 - 10:01 UTC
World Penguin Day: 9 out of 18 species breed in UK Overseas Territories, RSPB report

April 25 is World Penguin Day, from the impressive 1.2m tall Emperor Penguins of the British Antarctic Territory to the smaller, agile Southern Rockhopper Penguins of the Falkland Islands – nine out of 18 penguin species breed in the UK Overseas and British Antarctic Territories. Follows a report from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, RSPB.
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Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 06:32 UTC
Falklands' KEM Hospital modernization includes improvement of Pathology Laboratories

Following the approval by the Falkland Islands Executive Council (ExCo) on Tuesday 23 April 2024, the Directorate of Health and Social Service (DHSS) and the Public Works Department (PWD), are delighted to announce that the Phase 1 of the redevelopment of the Pathology Laboratories at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) will begin this initiative.
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Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 20:24 UTC
PAHO and Argentine authorities join forces to tackle dengue crisis

Argentine health authorities and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have joined forces to devise a strategy to tackle the outbreak of dengue fever after at least 315,000 cases have been confirmed so far this year, it was reported in Buenos Aires.
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Sunday, April 21st 2024 - 16:15 UTC
Wreckwatch Magazine special issue calls for 'decolonization' of San José treasure ship

Wreckwatch, the foremost publication dedicated to maritime archaeology, has released a groundbreaking special issue shedding light on the controversial history and future of the San José, a Spanish galleon lost off the coast of Cartagena, Colombia, in 1708.