The parasitic disease leishmaniasis is spread to humans through the bites of sandflies, and is endemic in a number of countries, including Brazil. Despite control efforts, the incidence of visceral leishmaniasis—the most ...
Sep 6, 2018
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Recepta Biopharma, a Brazilian company, has signed a licensing agreement with Mersana Therapeutics, under which the US-based company's technology will be used to produce a monoclonal antibody (mAb) that can be deployed for ...
Aug 10, 2015
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Brazil on Wednesday reported a new total of 508 confirmed cases of microcephaly, the serious birth defect suspected of being linked to the Zika virus—a 10 percent jump in less than a week.
Feb 17, 2016
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Working memory in children is linked strongly to reading and academic achievement, a new study from the University of Luxembourg and partner Universities from Brazil has shown. Moreover, this finding holds true regardless ...
Jul 8, 2014
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(AP) -- Brazil's supreme court has voted to authorize abortions in cases of fetuses with no brains.
Apr 13, 2012
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Josely taps on the wooden door and is welcomed into the simple concrete house perched on the rim of a ravine of one of the sprawling favelas in Salvador, Brazil.
Dec 7, 2017
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Hard-hit Brazil closed out its deadliest month of the coronavirus pandemic by far on Wednesday, with 66,573 people killed by COVID-19 in March, more than double the previous record.
Apr 1, 2021
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Sacubitril/valsartan is superior to ramipril in high-risk survivors of acute myocardial infarction, according to a post hoc win ratio analysis of the PARADISE-MI trial presented in a Hot Line session on 29 August at ESC Congress ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Mosquito-borne viruses including Zika, which is feared to cause brain damage in babies, have driven a surge in sales of insect repellent in Brazil, manufacturers say.
Feb 7, 2016
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Health officials in Brazil said Tuesday a record 693 people have died so far this year after contracting dengue fever, the deadly mosquito-borne disease running rampant across Central and South America.
Oct 7, 2015
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