Public health

RETROSPECT

The past dangers of receiving blood

Until early 20^th century discoveries, transfusions depended essentially on luck

By Felipe Floresti

NEUROLOGY

Elderly capuchin monkeys have lesions typical of Alzheimer’s disease

The finding could allow primates abundant in Brazil to be used as a model for studying the human disease

By Giselle Soares

DATA

How the pandemic affected the HDI

Data show how the pandemic affected HDI

By Redação

ETHICS

New rules for research involving human beings

New law set to come into force at the end of August will allow trials to be approved by a single body

By Sarah Schmidt

Public health

Anti-HIV medication still poorly distributed

Distribution of preventive HIV medicine concentrated in major cities

By Redação

Medicine

Hospital infections caused by skin

Hospital infections can be caused by bacteria carried on the patient's own skin

By Redação

Global warming

India, 52 ºC

Heat waves intensify in India, with temperatures reaching 52.9 ºC

By Redação

VIROLOGY

Study identifies how the Chikungunya virus causes death

Infectious agent causes dysregulated metabolism and inflammation in multiple organs, including the brain

By Felipe Floresti

EPIDEMIOLOGY

Children one centimeter taller and a few grams heavier

One in 10 children aged three and over is overweight

By Redação

COMMUNICATION

Butantan Institute wins José Reis Award

Butantan Institute wins José Reis Award for science communication initiatives

By Redação

INFECTOLOGY

Antiviral milking

Rising number of mammal species infected by the H5N1 virus worldwide

By Redação

Public health

Shorter treatment for malaria

New drug proves as effective at preventing recurrences as current medications with longer courses

By Renata Fontanetto

Humanities

Maria Cecília Minayo: A sociological look at health

FIOCRUZ researcher emeritus created methodologies for investigating how violence affects the lives of specific groups, such as the elderly and police officers

By Christina Queiroz

Health

One in five pregnant women has an STI

One in five pregnant Brazilian women has at least one sexually transmitted infection

By Redação

Research itineraries

First-hand experience

After caring for her mother, who suffered from Alzheimer's, Ceres Ferretti switched from studying philosophy to nursing, later becoming a care specialist

By Neide Oliveira

Interview

Carlos Augusto Monteiro: The normality of being overweight

USP epidemiologist studying the effects of nutrition on health attributes the rise in obesity to the transformation of the food system

By Ricardo Zorzetto

Public health

An overweight world

There are now more than one billion people with obesity worldwide, and the number is expected to grow even further in the next decade

By Giselle Soares

Interview

Luis Bahamondes: The paradoxes of women’s health

The specialist in methods of contraception warns about the importance of long-lasting forms of birth control for reducing the risk of unplanned pregnancy and abortion

By Ricardo Zorzetto

COVID-19

Even after being destroyed, the COVID-19 virus wreaks havoc

Even when broken apart by the human immune system, the SARS-CoV-2 virus still causes excessive inflammation

By Redação

Technology

Artificial intelligence against mosquitoes

Artificial intelligence helps identify breeding sites of the Aedes aegypti mosquito

By Redação

Public health

More arguments against vapes

Brazilian Society of Cardiology supports the ban on electronic cigarettes

By Redação

Interview

2024 could become the year with the highest number of dengue cases

FAMERP virologist Maurício Nogueira discusses the characteristics of the current epidemic and the need for the health system to prepare for more patients

By Ricardo Zorzetto