Ghana Hospital Treats 366 of 500 Breast Cancer Patients
A Ghana hospital near the Togo border says it has treated over 366 of 500 breast cancer patients since 2012,...
October 4, 2026Topic
Ministry of Health
Brazil Lets Regular Blood Donors Give Past Age 70
Brazil's new blood donation rules take effect on 30 September 2026: regular donors can give past 70, and tattoo and...
October 1, 2026
Brazil’s Public Health System to Offer HIV Prevention Shot
Brazil's SUS will offer the twice-yearly HIV prevention injection lenacapavir after Anvisa's January 2026 approval. Trials show near-total protection over...
July 28, 2026
Covid-19: Brazilians show little interest in booster dose and stay away from vaccination appointments
More than 54 million Brazilians who should have taken the booster dose have not yet done so, according to a...
February 11, 2022
Covid-19: Official Brazilian health document defends effectiveness of chloroquine
Brazilian Ministry of Health, signed by the Secretary of Science, Technology, Innovation, and Strategic Inputs in Health,
January 24, 2022
Covid-19 policy: Leading Israeli immunologist writes open letter: “It is time to admit failure”
Professor Ehud Qimron, head of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Tel Aviv University and one of the leading...
January 11, 2022
Brazil’s Ministry of Health reduces quarantine for asymptomatic Covid patients from 10 to 5 days
The current guideline is for symptomatic patients to remain in isolation for 7 to 10 days, and asymptomatic patients for...
January 11, 2022
Ministry of Health reverses; releases vaccination of children without prescription
The Ministry of Health on Wednesday, January 5, authorized the administration of the vaccine against Covid-19 in children
January 6, 2022
Brazil’s Superior Court denies lawyer’s request to vaccinate 7 year-old daughter against Covid
Superior Court of Justice (STJ) chief Justice Humberto Martins denied a lawyer's request to vaccinate his 7-year-old daughter against Covid
December 30, 2021