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The puzzle of immunity

Crucial questions about the response of the immune system to the novel coronavirus remain unanswered

Health professionals under emotional stress

Depression rates for health professionals who care for COVID-19 patients have tripled

The emotional pain of the pandemic

Psychological suffering and mental illness caused by radical changes to daily life, fear of getting sick, and an economic crisis

Research during quarantine

Amplified violence

Rates of violence against women in Brazil increase during the pandemic

A difficult return

Brazil seeks health and education parameters for planning the resumption of in-person classes in its school systems

The challenge of calculating R

Poor data makes the effective reproduction rate difficult to track and is hampering the pandemic response

Difficult exit

Quarantine relaxation strategies differ around the country

Each nation’s effort

Brazil’s government unfreezes funding for COVID-19 research, but will spend far less than developed countries

Calling all scientists

Researchers in São Paulo mobilize against the pandemic as FAPESP awards funding to 210 related projects

Science takes on the virus

Federal call for proposals attracts 2,200 applications for research grants to study COVID-19

Cristiana Toscano: An unprecedented global effort

According to the only Brazilian member of a WHO vaccine committee, we are experiencing unprecedented worldwide collaboration to develop a vaccine in record time

Standing alone

Brazilian vaccine projects race to begin clinical trials next year

Saving time

Brazilian research centers negotiate deals to import vaccine production technology

Looking for shortcuts

International teams use eight different techniques to create 150 COVID-19 vaccine candidates in six months

Research during the quarantine

Calculating in the dark

Creativity helps scientists predict the economic impacts of an unprecedented crisis

Restoring trust

In the midst of the pandemic a new study measures high rates of confidence in science

Sergio Machado Rezende: Together against COVID-19

The physicist is one of the coordinators of the Scientific Committee for the Fight against Coronavirus in the Northeast, which advises the region's governors

Predicting the course of epidemics

Mathematical modeling of infectious disease, a science perfected over the last 250 years, is helping guide the COVID-19 response through uncertainties

The child enigma

Researchers are trying to unravel why so few children contract COVID-19 and why some of those who do develop a severe inflammation of the blood vessels

The size of the pandemic

Lag times in case reporting can hurt government efforts to contain spread of COVID-19

Brazil begins testing

To better understand the spreading pandemic, research initiatives aim to increase the scale of COVID-19 diagnoses throughout the country

Natural guests

Abundant viruses contribute to the genetic diversity of life on Earth and may have emerged four times throughout the planet's history

The reality of data

Mapping and systematizing COVID-19 data is crucial to controlling the disease in Brazil

Research during the quarantine

Historical vulnerability

Chronic health problems and poor connections with public authorities make combating the SARS-CoV-2 virus a challenge for indigenous peoples

Michel Nussenzweig: Antibody hunter

Brazilian-born immunologist searches the plasma of patients who have survived COVID-19 for proteins capable of fighting the novel coronavirus

In the palm of the hand

A São Paulo physician developed a portable respirator in the 1950s

Vital ventilators

Brazil’s hospitals scramble to buy ventilators for ICUs, while a FAPESP-supported firm closes a deal to supply 6,500 units to the Brazilian Ministry of Health