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Editor's note: Although the new U.S. Food & Drug Administration's Nutrition Facts Label changes were passed in 2016, implementation was delayed until January 1, 2020, for manufacturers with $10 million or more in annual food sales. Manufacturers with less than $10...
Work on Cuenca's tram system resumed on Tuesday following approval by the cantonal Emergency Operations Committee (COE). According to Mayor Pedro Palacios, the project remains on schedule to begin commercial operations in the second half of the year. "When we...
Martes, 5/5/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina educación y cultural <A new name for the page> - The Alianza Francesa is preparing a new site where individuals can share the music they're listening to during the health emergency. You can go to...
As reported in ContractPharma.com "According to a World Organization report MMR Vaccine Appears to Confer Strong Protection from COVID-19: Few Deaths from SARS-CoV-2 in Highly Vaccinated Populations, nearly all countries with few or no deaths from COVID-19 have also...
By Oliver Griffin As the coronavirus kills thousands and dominates government and media attention across Latin America, another deadly viral infection is quietly stalking the region. Dengue -- colloquially called breakbone fever for the severe joint pain it causes --...
The first study to examine links between coffee brewing methods and risks of heart attacks and death has concluded that filtered brew is safest. The research is published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of...
The Ministries of Health and Tourism and the Agency for Sanitary Control have released a 21-page document specifying the regulations that restaurants, bars and cafes must follow when they reopen. Most of Ecuador's eating and drinking establishments are closed to...
By Cassandra Garrison, Marina Lammertyn, Anthony Boadle Indigenous peoples across Latin America are cutting off their communities from the outside world, worried that the coronavirus could pose a grave threat to their culture by putting at risk tribal elders, the...
Lunes, 11/5/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - There was no pagina cultural today. <Another victim of Covid?> Del cuerpo del periodico - La Fiesta de la Música cancelled - This annual festival which is organized by the Alianza Francesa has...
By Christine Armario and Adrian Vazquez Before the coronavirus, sudden life-threatening ailments among tourists, fishermen and others on the Galapagos Islands were considered so rare that hospitals didn't have a single intensive care unit bed. Now, officials are...
By Janet Lee W hen you think about vitamins that are important for health, there’s one that might not come to mind but should. “Older adults — particularly older men — are the age group that consume the least amount of vitamin K,” says Sarah Booth, director of the...
By Regina Schaffer As researchers continue to assess complications of COVID-19, one striking difference has become clear — men who contract the novel coronavirus are more likely to be intubated or die compared with women. Animal model studies of the SARS virus suggest...
President Lenín Moreno says he is frustrated that only three of the country's 221 cantons have opted to relax Covid-19 restrictions beginning today. Last week, all cantons continued the health emergency lockdown. "I am frustrated that more municipalities [cantons]...
By Conor Friedersdorf Should states ease pandemic restrictions or extend lockdowns and shelter-in-place orders into the summer? That question confronts leaders across the United States. President Trump says that “we have to get our country open.” And many governors...
By Eamon Dreisbach Two randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials at Johns Hopkins Medicine aim to determine whether blood plasma will be effective as prophylaxis against COVID-19, a strategy that would be “enormously valuable” and has been efficacious against...
By Graeme M. Lipper, MD The skin manifestations of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 were not recognized at the early stages of the pandemic but have received much recent attention in scientific journals and global media outlets. Reported manifestations range from...
By Julie Steenhuysen Concerns over leaks compelled the top U.S. infectious disease official to reveal data on Gilead Sciences Inc's experimental drug remdesivir, the first in a scientifically rigorous clinical trial to show benefit in treating COVID-19. The dramatic...
Cuenca will continue in lockdown mode until at least May 17, the cantonal Emergency Operations Committee (COE) decided Friday night. Committee members said they are concerned about overloading local hospitals with coronavirus patients and say that several other...
By Jeremiah Reardon Dedicated to Cary Riggs (pen name Jay Cardam). Former CWC Member. Died May 2, 2020 in New Orleans. You may have wondered what was going on in that back room of the Sunrise Café as you passed by to the bathroom or took a table in the light-filled...
The World Bank’s board of directors on Thursday approved $506 million in emergency loans and grants for Ecuador to help the country grapple with one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in Latin America, the Bank said in a statement. President Lenin Moreno thanked the...
