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The Push for a Better Dengue Vaccine Grows More Urgent
Publicado em 11 abril 2024
The outbreak of dengue fever that has unfolded in Latin America over the past three months is staggering in its scale — a million cases in Brazil in a matter of weeks, a huge spike in Argentina, a state of emergency declared in Peru and now another in Puerto Rico.
It forewarns of a changing landscape for the disease. The mosquitoes that spread dengue thrive in densely populated cities with weak infrastructure, and in warmer and wetter environments — the type of habitat that is [...]
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Brazil rolls out dengue vaccines as cases rise sharply
Publicado em 25 fevereiro 2024The sharp increase, which has prompted several states to declare health emergencies and the Rio de Janeiro government to declare an epidemic, came after health officials warned of a rise in cases due to warmer weather from climate change and the El Niño weather pattern. The country has reported more than 700,000 cases so far this year, up sharply from the 165,000 cases in the same period of 2023. More than 100 deaths have been reported from the virus, which is transmitted by [...]ver notícia -
Brazil Has a Dengue Emergency, Portending a Health Crisis for the Americas
Publicado em 10 fevereiro 2024Brazil is experiencing an enormous outbreak of dengue fever, the sometimes fatal mosquito-borne disease, and public health experts say it is a harbinger of a coming surge in cases in the Americas, including Puerto Rico. Brazil’s Health Ministry warns that it expects more than 4.2 million cases this year, outstripping the 4.1 million cases the Pan-American Health Organization recorded for all 42 countries in the region last year. Brazil was due for a bad dengue year — numbers [...]ver notícia -
Dwarf Planet Ceres Was Formed In Coldest Zone Of Solar System And Thrust Into Asteroid Belt
Publicado em 20 maio 2022A dwarf planet that exists between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter was probably created in the frozen deep space before it became part of the asteroid belt. Ceres was almost a complete mystery until the robotic NASA spacecraft Dawn approached it for its orbital mission in 2015, and since then scientists have been gathering more and more data about Ceres, including the fact that it was formed in the colder region beyond Jupiter’s orbit, before being thrust into the Asteroid Belt. Most [...]ver notícia