Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Brazil confirms its first monkeypox case

Brazil has confirmed its first case of monkeypox in a 41-year-old man who had traveled to Europe, the health ministry announced Thursday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

What is causing microcephaly in Brazil?

The outbreak of the Zika virus has been widely associated with a rise in microcephaly cases in Brazil. While there is some evidence for this connection, the link has not yet been proven with scientific certainty. Alternative ...

HIV & AIDS

Brazil says it has AIDS under control

Brazil said Monday its AIDS epidemic was under control, with a 0.61 percent cut in new cases between 2009 and 2010, although a rise among young homosexuals was a cause for concern.

Health

Study links nut intake with lower risks of obesity

A new study , published today in the online journal PLOS ONE, looks at the association between tree nuts (almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios and walnuts), metabolic syndrome ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Brazil has S.Hemisphere's highest overall COVID-19 death rate

Brazil, the country with the world's second-highest COVID-19 death toll after the United States, also leads the Americas and the entire southern hemisphere in terms of its overall recorded death rate.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

More than 80% of intubated COVID patients die in Brazil

More than 80 percent of COVID-19 patients who have to be intubated in Brazil have died since the start of the second wave of infections ravaging the country, according to researchers.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Indigenous Brazilians launch coronavirus tracing app

Indigenous and environmental organizations in Brazil launched an app on Friday aimed at alerting indigenous communities to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in their lands.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Brazil surges to second in coronavirus cases worldwide

Brazil overtook Russia Friday as the country with the second-highest number of coronavirus infections worldwide behind the United States, as the Americas emerged as a new epicenter of the pandemic.

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