Issue # 293 _ July 2020

Covid-19

Research during quarantine

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Amplified violence

Rates of violence against women in Brazil increase during the pandemic

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A difficult return

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

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The challenge of calculating R

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

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Difficult exit

Quarantine relaxation strategies differ around the country

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Each nation’s effort

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

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Science takes on the virus

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

INTERVIEW

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

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Standing alone

Brazilian vaccine projects race to begin clinical trials next year

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Saving time

Brazilian research centers negotiate deals to import vaccine production technology

Covid-19

Looking for shortcuts

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