Holidaymakers are being urged to use insect repellent to protect themselves against bites and the diseases they can spread, as trends show travel to tropical countries is rising among Britons.
Jun 2, 2014
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While World Cup referees finally have goal-line technology to prevent mistakes, doctors in Brazil will soon have their own computer gizmo to contain dengue outbreaks.
Jun 16, 2014
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A measles outbreak is growing in Brazil after cases were imported from neighboring Venezuela where health services have collapsed.
Jul 3, 2018
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People in the UK eat their main meal at dinner time, Brazilians eat theirs at lunchtime, and the population of the US tends to eat more throughout the day, according to research by computer scientists at the University of ...
Sep 9, 2014
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In the 1940s and 1950s, Brazilian authorities made such a ferocious assault on Aedes aegypti—the mosquito that spreads the Zika virus—that it was eradicated from Latin America's largest country by 1958.
Apr 19, 2016
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Cutbacks to social programmes in Brazil could lead to more avoidable childhood hospitalisations and deaths compared to maintaining current funding.
May 22, 2018
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A new study suggests that heat waves are exacerbating socioeconomic inequalities in Brazil, with people who are female, elderly, Black, Brown, or who have lower educational levels potentially facing greater risk of death ...
Jan 24, 2024
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Brazil has confirmed 723 cases of yellow fever, putting the current outbreak on track to surpass the previous, unusually large one.
Mar 1, 2018
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Brazilian health officials Friday quarantined a Guinean man feared to have Ebola, but stressed it was a precautionary measure and the man no longer had a fever or other symptoms.
Oct 10, 2014
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Convenience stores in Santiago, Chile still stock Coca-Cola bottles adorned with 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil branding. It's a small reminder of the ubiquity and overhang of the world's largest football event, which played ...
Oct 23, 2014
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