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Although government-ordered curfews and the prohibition of private gatherings are no longer in effect, many health emergency restrictions will continue to be enforced in local communities. Sunday was the final day of the state of the emergency which granted the...
The pressure continues to grow on President Lenin Moreno to veto parts or all of Ecuador’s Comprehensive Health Law approved by the National Assembly. Among those urging a veto are the Catholic church and leading presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso, who object to...
Political polarization and online misinformation are threatening vaccination programs worldwide, with public trust volatile and varying widely between countries, according to a global vaccine confidence study. The study, which maps trends in vaccine confidence across...
By Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy Three decades after the Soviet Union fell, embers of the kind of totalitarian thinking that spawned the Communist Revolution are inflaming Western debate — and inciting Americans. Anyone born into Soviet oppression, and who resisted it,...
A group of 12,000 doctors, scientists and public health experts delivered a simple message on Thursday: get a flu shot. As flu season approaches, health experts are stressing the need to get a flu shot more than ever. “If there’s ever a year that you need to get a flu...
Ecuador’s Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the government can proceed with deep budget cuts to the country’s public universities. The court had placed a temporary stop on the cuts in May, saying it needed to review constitutional language that gave...
At least eight people have been killed in protests in Colombia as outrage spreads over the death of a man who was pinned to the ground and repeatedly tasered by police in Bogotá. Video of the incident shows 46-year-old Javier Ordóñez begging the officers to stop and...
According to a statement from the Ecuador association of private internet service providers, the sector is in “extreme economic distress” due lack of payment from customers. “Some companies have seen a 50 percent drop in payments and because of government health...
Jueves, 10/9/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Saladentro traza agenda para que cultura siga viva (Saladentro draws up an agenda for culture to stay alive) - The Saladentro cultural center (Paseo 3 Noviembre y Bajada de Todos Santos) reopened to...
A few days ago I was flying along, headed home, returning from the mountains. Soon enough, I spotted a familiar scene in one of the many areas I frequent. The late afternoon light was favorable for the warm colors of the peoples clothing and skin. Plus, it looked...
By Peter Dockrill One of the most consumed drugs in the U.S. – and the most commonly taken analgesic worldwide – could be doing a lot more than simply taking the edge off your headache, new evidence suggests. Acetaminophen, also known as paracetamol, and sold widely...
Miércoles, 9/9/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Cuatro obras teatrales son trasladadas a libro (Four theatrical works are transferred to book) - Playwright Diego Ortega presented the first volume of his work, "Teatro." the book has 4 stories...
By Miriam Drake Having an excellent primary care physician is a key piece in your expat survival toolkit. This is a professional whom you can trust with your care, and at times with your life. If you don’t have one, I suggest you find one soon and make an appointment!...
By Malcolm Kendrick In February, U.S. Covid-19 guru Anthony Fauci predicted the virus would be "akin to a severe flu" and would therefore kill around 0.1 percent of people -- or one in a thousand. Then, fatality rate predictions somehow became mixed up to make it look...
Colombia restarted its domestic flights on September 1st, after a hiatus of five months. Now, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects that the country will begin international travel on September 21. IATA also said that the local authority has nine...
The national Emergency Operations Committee (COE) is developing a matrix of traffic rules that will apply in each of Ecuador’s 221 municipalities after the national health emergency ends on Sunday. This is necessary, says ECU-911 director Juan Zapata, to avoid...
The announcement Tuesday by AstraZeneca that it had temporarily stopped Covid-19 vaccine trials due to illness to one or more participants could slow the availability of a safe vaccine to South American countries. Several countries in the region were part of...
Martes, 8/9/2020 Hola, Todos - If you're tired of depressing news, skip to the end for the feel good story. Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Cañarenses dan lustre a la historia cuencana (Cañarenses give luster to Cuenca's history) - This bicentennial celebration...
By Veronique Greenwood Covid-19 patients who are 80 or older are hundreds of times more likely to die than those under 40. That’s partly because they are more likely to have underlying conditions — like diabetes and lung disease — that seem to make the body more...
The impact of the Covid-19 virus in Quito and the rest of Ecuador’s sierra region is stable or trending downward, according to a research team at the Universidad de las Américas. “It is true that Quito has the highest number of infections in the country and this is...
