Epidemiology
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Children one centimeter taller and a few grams heavier
One in 10 children aged three and over is overweight
By Redação
Epidemiology
Thousands of dead pups
Outbreak of the H5N1 avian flu virus devastates southern elephant seal populations
By Redação
RETROSPECT
An ongoing epidemic
Identified 40 years ago, HIV has changed the way we look at infectious diseases
By Suzel Tunes
RESEARCH ITINERARIES
Damage inventory
How Francisco Inácio Bastos transitioned from psychiatry to epidemiology to broaden his understanding of drug use in Brazil
Acknowledgment
Victora receives Admiral Álvaro Alberto Award
Epidemiologist Cesar Victora wins the Admiral Álvaro Alberto Award
By Redação
Health
Unique genetic varieties of malaria-carrying parasite in Brazil
Brazilian varieties of Plasmodium vivax are distinct from each other and from those found in other countries
By Redação
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Deaths from breast and cervical cancer on the rise in the state of São Paulo
Numbers began to increase in 2016 after more than a decade of decline
By Suzel Tunes
HISTORY
Possible origin of the Black Death
Black Death may have originated in the region of Eurasia that is now Kyrgyzstan, west of China
By Redação
Health
Fewer cases of malaria during pregnancy
Cases of gestational malaria have decreased in Brazil over the last decade
By Redação