Epidemiology
FIOCRUZ – 120 YEARS

A continuum of challenges
From the bubonic plague to Zika fever, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation’s 120-year history has been punctuated by a succession of novel diseases and related discoveries
By Suzel Tunes
COVID-19

Restaurants spread infections in the United States
A study suggests that the majority of novel coronavirus infections recorded between March and May this year occured in restaurants in metropolitan areas in the USA
By Redação
COVID-19

The mystery of reinfections
Evidence that SARS-CoV-2 can infect the same person more than once is challenging our understanding of the virus and how we combat the disease
By Tiago Jokura
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Why the Covid-19 vaccine is important
Never before so many vaccines have been developed at the same time against a single disease, nor so rapidly | 7'32
By Redação
COVID-19

High levels of asymptomatic infection in children
Clinical data suggest that although children and young adults tend to develop milder symptoms of COVID-19, they can be silent spreaders of the disease
By Redação
COVID-19

More than 100 different strains of the novel coronavirus identified in Brazil
More than 100 strains of SARS-CoV-2 arrived in Brazil, but only three spread across the country
By Redação
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The reality of data
Mapping and systematizing COVID-19 data is crucial to controlling the disease in Brazil
By Redação
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Science fights back
In just four months, 8,000 scientific articles have been published on Covid-19, more than 70 drugs tested against SARS-CoV-2, and the first vaccines trialed on humans
By Redação
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Stopping explosive spread
Early social distancing key to faster containment of the novel coronavirus