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A study shows 80% protection against severe cases

On Monday (Dec. 8), Brazil’s national drug authority Anvisa published the registration of the dengue vaccine developed by the Butantan Institute in the country’s federal gazette. The Ministry of Health intends to begin administering doses in 2026, free of charge, through the SUS, the country’s national heal care network. In a statement, Anvisa reported that the publication makes official the conclusion of the regulatory process and enables the production and sale of the vaccine, [...]

It should reach the country’s public health network, the SUS, in 2026

Brazil is close to having a fully national COVID vaccine. The country has published its first scientific article on safety test results for the SpiN-TEC vaccine, which indicate that it is safe. The vaccine is now entering the final phase of clinical trials and is expected to be available to the population by early 2027. The vaccine was developed by the Vaccine Technology Center (CT-Vacinas) at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), in partnership with the Ezequiel Dias Foundation [...]

A study was conducted by the Federal University of São Carlos

The initial goal was to identify treatments for the three most common diseases among the Pataxó Hã-Hã-Hãe people of the Caramuru/Paraguassu indigenous land in southern Bahia: parasitic infections, diabetes, and hypertension. This is how the research of ethnobotanist Hemerson Dantas dos Santos Pataxó Hãhãhãe began. As his name suggests, he belongs to this ethnic group and is currently a doctoral student at the Institute of Environmental, [...]

The dry season in the Brazilian Amazon is becoming more severe, and the forest’s temperature increased by 2 degrees between 1985 and 2020, according to a study led by scientists from the University of São Paulo. The analysis reviewed 35 years of data on deforestation, temperature, and rainfall in the biome, allowing researchers to measure the impact of both deforestation and global greenhouse gas emissions on the forest. Deforestation accounts for 74.5 percent of the reduction in rainfall [...]

Ensuring safety without environmental harm

The number of victims of school violence in Brazil increased by 254 percent between 2013 and 2023, according to a survey published by Pesquisa FAPESP, the magazine of the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). Data from the Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship, cited by the magazine, indicate that the number of school violence victims rose from 3,700 in 2013 to 13,100 in 2023. The incidents involve students, teachers, and other members of the school community. Among them were [...]