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Away from the peak of coronavirus and at the gates of winter in the southern hemisphere, Brazil is heading towards a perfect storm, with the curve of the covid-19 on the rise, the beginning of the influenza virus season (which causes the flu), end of the season dengue fever and active outbreaks of other viruses that seemed to be overcome, such as measles. Until this Saturday (16), Brazil registered 233,142 confirmed cases of covid-19 – already exceeding Italy and Spain – and 15,633 [...]

São Paulo – Researchers are investigating the role of estrogens, the female hormones, in the physiological protection against the coronavirus. The research is based on the organization Global Health 50/50, which pointed out a greater chance of men dying from covid-19 than women. According to the international study, “in most countries, the available data indicate that men are 50% more likely to die after diagnosis”. The research is endorsed by statistics from the [...]

There is no clear predominance of men or women in individuals diagnosed globally with new coronavirus. However, the majority of those who are hospitalized or die, that is, who develop the disease more severely, are men. According to the organization Global Health 50/50, maintained by University College London (United Kingdom), “in most countries, available data indicate that men are 50% more likely to die after diagnosis than women”. This statement is corroborated by updated [...]

Since the arrival of covid-19 – a disease caused by the new coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2) – in Brazil, the country has only performed 482,743 molecular tests for the infection. The figure represents 2% of the 24 million tests that the federal government promised to face the pandemic. For comparison, in Wuhan, China, where the disease originated, the government ordered an additional 11 million tests this week after less than 20 new confirmations from patients with covid-19. In [...]

Projections made with a mathematical model developed at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) indicate that the adoption of lockdown mandatory in the State of São Paulo to contain the coronavirus it will be inevitable if the level of social isolation does not rise significantly in the coming weeks, starting as early as Tuesday (12/05). Between May 8 and 10, on average, 1,839 new daily cases of Covid-19 were recorded across the state, with 1 033 in the capital alone. There were also [...]

Une étude réalisée par l’Université fédérale de São Paulo (Unifesp) et par des chercheurs d’Angleterre et d’Italie a mis en évidence une nouvelle mécanisme d’action de médecine heparidans, un anticoagulant, dans le traitement des coronavirus (covid-19). En plus d’inhiber troubles de la coagulation qui peuvent affecter les vaisseaux pulmonaires et altérer l’oxygénation, le [...]

A study by the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp) and by researchers from England and Italy highlighted a new action mechanism of medicine hepariin, an anticoagulant, in the treatment of coronaviruses (covid-19). In addition to inhibiting bleeding disorders that can affect the pulmonary vessels and affect oxygenation, the drug also appears to be able to block the entry of the new coronavirus into cells. The researchers carried out laboratory tests on the kidney cell line of the [...]

Brazilian scientists estimated the actual number of coronavirus cases in Brazil: 1.6 million. The data were released on Thursday (7) on the website “Covid-19 Brasil”, with 526 thousand infections being in the state of São Paulo. The data from the Ministry of Health released until this Thursday point to 135,000 cases in the country, 12 times less than the estimate of the group of scientists. This underreporting is addressed by other experts and, based on data from the Oswaldo [...]

The average age of the first patients diagnosed with Covid-19 in Brazil, 39 years old, was lower than that observed in other countries. Associated with the fact that, in the initial phase of the epidemic, most of these patients belonged to the highest social classes, this may have contributed to the fact that the country recorded a hospitalization rate equivalent to half the international average – 10% against 20% from other countries. The conclusions are from an international study, led [...]