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Europe’s new space telescope

This content was published on May 14, 2009 Two new space telescopes launched by the European Space Agency on May 14, are designed peer into deep space for at least the next three years. One of the telescopes, Herschel, has a primary mirror that is four times larger than that on any previous space telescope.

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Man exhumes remains to find his father

This content was published on May 13, 2009 Scientists hope to run DNA tests on the tibia bones of the deceased man but they are not sure how conclusive the results will be. The tests will take several weeks. This is the first such case in Switzerland. The man, who was previously named as Andreas Jäggi, has been fighting since 1999 to have…

Invisible

This content was published on May 13, 2009 Viruses come in all shapes and sizes. Here’s a selection of some of the more dangerous ones lurking out there. (Thomas Kern, swissinfo.ch; pictures: CDC)

Potential parents willing to donate embryos

This content was published on May 5, 2009 According to an article in the scientific journal, Human Reproduction, published on Tuesday, 70 per cent of couples surveyed who received or are receiving medical help with in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) said they would be open to donating their excess embryos for research. Although Swiss law currently forbids the practice, 52 per cent of those surveyed…

Tamiflu stockpiles released as flu cases climb

This content was published on May 5, 2009 The Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO) said it was preparing to ship roughly 2.4 million courses of the antiviral drug, Tamiflu, to 72 countries “most in need”, including Mexico. “Part of the stock will be dispatched today [Tuesday],” said Fadela Chaib, a WHO spokeswoman in Geneva. Swiss pharmaceutical concern, Roche, which owns the rights to…

Army unit isolated amid swine flu scare

This content was published on May 4, 2009 The defence ministry said two recruits in Fribourg had been hospitalised after complaining of flu symptoms. One had been in contact with a Mexican. The precautionary measure will be upheld until at least Wednesday when the test results of the flu suspects are known. At total of 20 cases are still under examination, while one…

Air passengers to Zurich may have flu virus

This content was published on May 1, 2009 Patrick Mathys, a Federal Health Office representative, urged anyone who flew on US Airways flight 804 from Cancún to Philadelphia and US Airways flight 710 from Philadelphia to Zurich on April 25 to contact a doctor. A traveller onboard those flights had been infected with H1N1, an influenza A virus. Fellow passengers may have contracted…

Demand for healthy organs outpaces supply

This content was published on Apr 29, 2009 Representatives of Swisstransplant, a foundation that promotes organ donations and transplants, said on Wednesday that the key to resolving the shortfall was simple: find more people willing to give up their organs upon their deaths. Trix Heberlein, president of the foundation, told swissinfo that Switzerland’s number of registered organ donors was currently ranked near the…

Health Office advises against Mexico travel

This content was published on Apr 28, 2009 A new swine flu virus that is believed to have killed more than 150 people in Mexico was found further around the world on Tuesday and the spectre of a pandemic began to hit air travel. The first cases were confirmed in the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region, as world health officials said they…

Vials of swine flu virus explode on train

This content was published on Apr 28, 2009 A laboratory technician from a Geneva hospital had been transporting the vials on Monday evening from a veterinary institute in Zurich. The Federal Health Office had called for the development of a diagnostic test for the illness that has killed as many as 150 people worldwide. Near Fribourg the technician heard a muffled pop. Built-up…

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