Tag: disease
Over 5,000 Cases of Dengue in Rio This Year, a Ten-Fold Increase
In Brazil, the number of cases of dengue officially registered in the metropolitan region ...
Scientist Sees Relations Between Water and Chronic Diseases in Brazil
Coordinated by Milton Matta, a geologist at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), in ...
110 Deaths Later Brazil’s Dengue Epidemic Seems to Be Easing
Brazil's dengue epidemic in the state and city of Rio do Janeiro added another ...
Brazil Joins Kenya to Urge Global Fund for Neglected Diseases
The governments of Brazil and Kenya plan to propose the creation of an international ...
World’s Top Vaccine Scientists Gathered in Brazil See Bright and Challenging Future
Many new vaccines that have the potential to save millions of lives are in ...
Close to Half a Million Brazilians to Get Cancer This Year
Around 460 thousand Brazilian men and women are expected to fall victim to cancer ...
Imported Raw Fish Causes Disease and Fear in Brazil
The outbreak of cases of diphyllobothriasis (fish tapeworm), caused by eating contaminated raw fish, ...
Zero Population Growth in Brazil by 2062
The population of Brazil has reached 182 million, which means it has almost doubled ...
AIDS Among Poor Women Goes Up Sharply in Brazil
Brazil’s Non-Governmental Agencies (NGOs) are organizing demonstrations in 12 Brazilian states in an effort ...
