News of covid

Global tourism to reach pre-pandemic levels in 2024, says UN agency

19-01-2024 12:03 International tourism is expected to recover to pre-pandemic levels in 2024, projects UN's World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

Rugby in Argentina

Loss of Jaguares franchise was 'big step back' for national rugby

13-10-2023 18:43 Hit hard by the Covid pandemic, the disappearance of the Jaguares, Argentina's Super Rugby franchise, has shattered the collective dynamic of the national team

Olivosgate

Supreme Court finally closes pandemic-era ‘Fiesta de Olivos’ case

05-10-2023 17:04 Court case investigating criminal wrongdoing related to Fabiola Yáñez’s 39th birthday party during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown shut down; President Alberto Fernández and his partner let off as NGO’s bid to keep the case open knocked back.

HEALTHCARE

In vaccination champ Brazil, many have stopped getting shots

11-07-2023 15:25 Two years after Brazil began emerging from its pandemic horror show thanks to a massive immunisation campaign, officials face a paradoxical predicament: vaccination rates have plunged, and not just for Covid-19, leaving millions exposed to once-eradicated diseases.

Bolsonaro's Trial

Bolsonaro's political future at stake in Brazil trial

22-06-2023 11:26 Jair Bolsonaro faces make-or-break trial in Brazilian courts that could determine the former president's political future and stoke uncertainty.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Research and behaviour: Gaps between production and use of scientific evidence

15-05-2023 11:02 There were documented warnings of an increasing likelihood of emerging infections or reinfections in a prevailing context of ecological and demographic changes.

by Martín A. Morgenstern

Global pandemic

WHO: Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency

05-05-2023 15:26 Covid-19 pandemic no longer constitutes a global health emergency, but the danger is not over, declares World Health Organization.

US ELECTIONS 2024

Joe Biden: racing against time to 'heal' a broken nation

25-04-2023 12:20 Biden, despite making strides towards economic recovery post-Covid and a strong Ukraine-Russia war response, has not yet fulfilled his pledge to "heal" the divided nation.