Tag: Dengue
With 500 Dead by Dengue in 2024, Brazil Readies Single-dose Vaccine Against Disease
Dengue, caused by the virus transmitted by the bite of the female Aedes aegypti ...
Brazil Was Ready for Bad Weather. With Coronavirus It Got the Perfect Storm
April would have been a busy month for Brazilian hospitals anyway. As the population ...
Experiment with Genetically-Modified Mosquitoes Backfires in Brazil
An attempt to contain the populations of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti in ...
Brazil to Produce Close to 20 Million GM Mosquitoes a Month to Fight Dengue
Brazil said it will breed huge numbers of genetically modified mosquitoes to help stop ...
After 3 Decades Absent, Dengue Type 4 Back in Brazil with a Vengeance
Also known in English as breakbone fever, dengue has returned to Brazil lately. The ...
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 ...
Dengues That Had Disappeared for Decades Are Making Comeback in Brazil
Brazil’s minister of Health, José Gomes Temporão, says there is a possibility that dengue ...
In Brasília, Capital of Brazil, Dengue Has Struck Worst Among the Rich
Compared to the same period last year the number of reported cases of dengue ...
Brazilian Scientist Develops in California Technique to Reduce Dengue Mosquitoes
A method developed by a Brazilian researcher at the University of California, Irvine, Dr ...
Five States and Federal District in Brazil Get Dengue Epidemic
Brazil’s Ministry of Health confirmed Thursday, February 18, that at least five states – ...
