Brazil announces purchase of Monkeypox vaccines
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday (23) declared the monkeypox outbreak in more than sixty countries an emergency of...
July 25, 2022Topic
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Covid-19: CoronaVac may offer reduced protection in HIV-positive individuals
A study suggests that the protection of CoronaVac - the vaccine against Covid-19 - is lower among people infected with...
November 20, 2021
Brazil’s Butantan Institute authorized to initiate human trials of anti-Covid serum
Unlike the vaccine, which is a preventive drug, the serum helps in the treatment of people infected with the disease....
October 16, 2021
Covid-19: Number of Delta variant cases in Brazil up 86% in one week
Brazil on Tuesday, August 31, reached a total of 2,613 confirmed cases of the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus,...
September 2, 2021
Covid-19: Brazil’s health regulator unanimously rejects Coronavac use in those under 18
Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency's (ANVISA) director Meiruze Sousa Freitas on Wednesday voted against the emergency use of the Coronavac vaccine...
August 19, 2021
Covid-19: Brazil’s ANVISA recommends Coronavac booster dose for elderly and immunosuppressed
The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) on Wednesday, August 18, recommended the Ministry of Health's National Immunization Plan (PNI) to...
August 19, 2021
Five projects vie to become Brazil’s first national vaccine against Covid-19
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Butanvac, which is being developed at the Butantan Institute and is already being tested in...
August 14, 2021
Vaccinated individuals may be infected and transmit alpha variant of the novel coronavirus – Brazilian study
Two outbreaks of the alpha variant of the novel coronavirus show that vaccinated individuals may still transmit the virus and...
July 27, 2021
Butantan receives active pharmaceutical ingredient for 20 million vaccine doses
The Butantan Institute today, July 13, received a shipment of 12,000 liters of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) to produce the...
July 13, 2021