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Brazil's Amazon capital Manaus may have achieved herd immunity to COVID-19, study suggests
Publicado em 24 setembro 2020
The Brazilian city of Manaus, which was devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, may have suffered so many infections that its population now benefits from "herd immunity," according to a preliminary study.
Published on the website medRxiv, the study analyzed infection data with mathematical modeling to estimate that 66% of the population had antibodies to the new coronavirus in Manaus, where the pandemic's passage was as fast as it was brutal. That may be sufficiently high to [...]
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New species of electric eels discovered in the Amazon, including one that can deliver a 860V jolt
Publicado em 12 setembro 2019Call it a shock discovery: DNA research has revealed two entirely new species of electric eel in the Amazon basin, including one capable of delivering a record-breaking jolt. The findings are evidence, researchers say, of the incredible diversity in the Amazon rainforest — much of it still unknown to science — and illustrate why it is so important to protect a habitat at risk from deforestation, logging and fires. "In spite of all human impact on the Amazon rainforest in the [...]ver notícia