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Emergency Alert Due to Yellow Fever Issued for 64 Cities in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The federal government of Brazil has issued emergency situations for 63 cities in Minas Gerais...
Minas Gerais State in Brazil Confirms 109 Cases of Yellow Fever
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The number of confirmed cases of yellow fever in Minas Gerais rose to 109, according...
State of Rio to Receive 250,000 Yellow Fever Vaccines
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Health Department in Rio de Janeiro state published a technical note yesterday (January 18th)...
Health Centers Across Rio de Janeiro Offer H1N1 Flu Vaccine
By Charlotte Markham, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Beginning this Monday, April 25th, those identified in high risk groups can receive the...
Opinion: Who’s Afraid of Yellow Fever? Why We Should Be
Opinion, by Jack Woodall
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – There hasn't been a yellow fever epidemic in Rio for over one hundred years, when the...
Brazil Faces Yet Another Health Problem: The Swine Flu
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – It appears that Brazil, still reeling with the surge of the Zika virus and its...
Brazil Dismisses New Causes Linked to Microcephaly
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – As the Brazilian government conducts massive campaigns to destroy breeding grounds of the Aedes aegypti...
Opinion: Zika is Not Brazil’s True Problem
Opinion by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon has wasted far too much time reading contradictory pieces about the Zika virus and...
Brazil Authorizes Use of French Vaccine Against Dengue Fever
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The National Health Service in Brazil (ANVISA) approved the registration of the first vaccine against...
Rio Nightlife Guide for Sunday, November 15, 2015
Sunday’s Rio Nightlife Pick – Today the 20th edtion of the the Parada do Orgulho LGBT Rio (Rio Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender/LGBT...
Rio’s 20th Gay Pride Parade in Copacabana November 15th
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Known for attracting thousands of attendees each year, the Parada do Orgulho LGBT Rio...
Butterfly House Re-Opens in Rio de Janeiro’s Zona Norte
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), situated near Avenida Brasil in Zona Norte (North Zone),...
Opinion: Brazil’s Dismal Dithering Dilma, Part II
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL- Those of us who hoped Dilma would quit dithering after S&P’s consigning Brazil to the investment community’s...
New Education Center Opens in Rio’s Bairro Carioca
By George Utley, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A new Nave do Conhecimento (Education Center) was unveiled in May at the Bairro Carioca,...