After just a few months of operation, Virgin Atlantic has quietly ceased its flights from Edinburgh to Barbados. The route began in December 2021. Although scheduled to run until March 2022, it was cancelled early. The airline has now completely cancelled the route. If you are booked to travel on Virgin Atlantic this winter from…

Countries meeting at the World Health Organization this week are thrashing out how to prepare for future pandemics – amid warnings that the planet is wide open to the next crisis. WHO emergencies director Dr Mike Ryan said that infectious diseases were being amplified by weak public health services and poorly-managed urban settings. Citing the monkeypox…

Québec will begin vaccinating some people against the monkeypox epidemic in Montreal by administering a smallpox vaccine. Luc Boileau, director of public health in Quebec, announced Thursday that 25 cases of monkeypox have now been confirmed. Fourteen of the cases are located in Montreal, though all are linked to the greater Montreal area. Boileau said…

The Bank of Venezuela (BDV) announced the start of the offer of five and up to 10 percent of its share capital in the stock market, to start this process between the public companies of the country. Through a statement, the banking institution indicated that this step is part of the actions promoted by the…

Once considered science fiction, microchips can now be implanted in humans. In the last several years, the effort to market these implants to a dubious public has grown, and the backlash over potential privacy concerns has increased as well. According to Tech Startups, Pfizer has developed an “ingestible pill” with a microchip that sends a…

Pfizer said Wednesday that it will provide nearly two dozen products, including its top-selling COVID-19 vaccine and treatment, at not-for-profit prices in some of the world’s poorest countries. The drugmaker announced the program at the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland, and said it was aimed at improving health equity in 45 lower-income countries.…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has became the first Gulf state to record a case of monkeypox. The Czech Republic and Slovenia also reported their first cases on Tuesday, joining 18 other countries to detect the virus outside its usual Africa base. That number is expected to rise further still, but experts say the overall…

Conviasa, Venezuela’s state carrier, plans to launch a new long-haul route from Caracas’ Simon Bolivar International Airport to Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport on its flagship Airbus A340-300 aircraft. The airline is looking to operate nonstop commercial flights between Caracas and Tehran. Conviasa announced on social media that on June 18, the State airline will…

As a global outbreak of monkeypox cases is suspected, the United States is releasing the monkeypox vaccine from its Strategic National Stockpile. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday that there has been one confirmed case of monkeypox and four suspected cases. “I can report that there has been a request to…

According to UNAIDS, some coverage of the monkeypox virus is racist and homophobic, increasing stigma and undermining efforts to stem the outbreak. The UNAIDS agency said “a significant proportion” of recent monkeypox cases have been reported among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. However, transmission was most likely by close physical…