Issue # 292 _ June 2020

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The reality of data

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

Natural guests

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

Brazil begins testing

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

The size of the pandemic

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

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 By Frances Jones

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 By Carlos Fioravanti

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 By Marcos Pivetta

Restoring trust

In the midst of the pandemic a new study measures high rates of confidence in science By Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade

Calculating in the dark

Creativity helps scientists predict the economic impacts of an unprecedented crisis By Diego Viana

Research during the quarantine

By Redação