Health & Science

• Tuesday, May 15th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Santiago de Chile faces worst smog levels in eight years

  

  Santiago de Chile's skies remained grey and smoggy Monday and Tuesday, and with no end in sight, former President Ricardo Lagos blamed the city's contamination levels on Argentina's unwillingness to provide Chile with more natural gas.

• Friday, May 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Environmental superstar Al Gore arrives in Chile

  

  After months of build up, the wait is finally over. Environmental superstar Al Gore, a former U.S. senator and vice president, is finally visiting Chile — albeit for just a handful of hours.

• Wednesday, May 9th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Massive flooding in Uruguay forces 12.000 people from homes

  

  An estimated 12.000 people have been forced to leave their homes in Uruguay where record rainfall has caused extensive flooding leaving several counties with no electricity or drinking water.

• Tuesday, May 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Cheaper second line AIDS drugs for developing countries

  

  Former United States President Bill Clinton announced on Tuesday agreements with drug companies to lower the price of so-called “second-line” AIDS drugs for 66 countries of the developing world and to make a once-a-day AIDS pill available for less than one dollar a day.

• Saturday, May 5th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil breaks AIDS drug patent with generic version from India

  

  Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has authorised the country to break the patent on an AIDS drug made by Merck & Co - importing a generic version from India instead. It's the first time Brazil has bypassed a patent to acquire cheaper drugs for its AIDS prevention program.

• Friday, May 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Report: Climate change plan affordable

  

  Delegates from 120 countries approved the first roadmap for stemming greenhouse gas emissions Friday, laying out what they said was an affordable arsenal of anti-warming measures that must be rushed into place to avert a disastrous spike in global.

• Tuesday, May 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Santiago de Chile skies reach dangerous levels pollution

  Santiaguinos stuck in the city for the long weekend faced the first environmental alerts of the year after an increased level of air contamination was detected on Friday night. The contamination alerts were issued for Saturday and Sunday.

• Tuesday, May 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Sierra Club joins campaign to protect Chile's Patagonia

  

  Opponents of plans to construct several massive hydroelectric dams in Chile's northern Patagonia region are welcoming a new and very influential ally: the Sierra Club.

• Tuesday, May 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Former Chilean president named special envoy on climate change

  

  The former president of Chile, the first woman Prime Minister of Norway and the President of the 56th Session of the United Nations General Assembly were named on Monday Special Envoys for Climate Change by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who has made the issues one of his top priorities.

• Monday, April 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Climate Change Meeting Opens In Thailand

  

  Delegates at a major climate meeting debated Monday how to rein in rising greenhouse gas emissions that could threaten hundreds of millions with hunger and disease in the coming decades.