Health

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Science on the ropes

Successive budget cuts have eroded Brazil’s capacity to fund research

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Interview

Linamara Rizzo Battistella: In defense of movement

The physician who helped establish Brazil's policy on the rights of people with disabilities now fights to rehabilitate Covid-19 patients

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COVID-19

Focus on the genome

Brazil is still behind in monitoring Sars-CoV-2 genetics, but an injection of funding for research networks and the acquisition of materials could improve the situation

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COVID-19

Risk of death is higher among the poor in Chile

People under 40 living in poorer municipalities in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile, are 3.1 times more likely to die from complications associated with COVID-19 than those who live in more affluent regions

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Education

More inclusive universities

Access to university education has expanded and is less socially unbalanced in Brazil

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Funding

Direct funding to Africa

In April, African health experts published an open letter in the journal Nature Medicine, addressed to international funders of studies on health problems in Africa

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Careers

Scientific advice

Helping to create new laws and implement public policies represents a professional opportunity for scientists

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Retrospect

Education for democracy

Anísio Teixeira’s work is the basis for the defense of public, free, and secular education in Brazil

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Cover

Education at risk

Prolonged school closings and unequal access to distance learning is causing increased student dropouts and learning-acquisition gaps

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Public health

Tuberculosis in prisons

Tuberculosis cases in the Latin American prison population increased by 269% between 2011 and 2017

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Funding

More money for science in the USA

US President Joe Biden presented the country’s 2022 budget in April

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Public administration

Crafting healthcare policy

Since the 1970s, researchers and other actors have worked to integrate government, science, and the economy in the health-industry complex

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Public health

An agenda for forgotten diseases

WHO launches road map to 2030 for preventing and eradicating neglected tropical diseases

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COVID-19

Complex choices

Bioethics committees have become increasingly important in solving dilemmas brought about by the pandemic, but few hospitals have them

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COVID-19

The evolution of a virus

Low vaccination rates and lack of control over SARS-CoV-2 circulation is increasing the likelihood that more transmissible and lethal variants will emerge

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