Epidemiology
COVID-19
COVID-19 outbreak started on a flight
Map shows the origin of passengers who showed symptoms of illness after the journey
By Redação
COVID-19
A safer way to ride share
Always open car windows to reduce the risk of being infected by the novel coronavirus
By Redação
COVID-19
First cases of reinfection confirmed in Brazil
On December 9, Brazil’s health authorities officially confirmed the country’s first proven reinfection by SARS-CoV-2
By Redação
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
Video
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