Brazil: Dengue cases grow 151% in 2022; Brasília leads the ranking
Brazil notified 757,068 cases of dengue fever in the first 18 weeks of this year, representing a 151.4% increase compared...
May 17, 2022Topic
Zika
Dengue fever: Paraguay surpasses 300 notifications per week and more than 2,000 cases
According to the Arbovirosis Surveillance report, the weekly average of suspected cases of dengue fever in the last three weeks...
January 20, 2022
Brazil’s Minister Marcos Pontes says country will be major vaccine producer
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovations Marcos Pontes said yesterday (3) during the opening of the 18th National Week of...
December 4, 2021
Brazilian Researchers Develop Faster Test to Detect Zika Virus
A test is being developed that will detect the Zika virus, forty times cheaper and much faster than the traditional...
April 15, 2019
Rio Health Officials on Alert Due to Rising Dengue Cases
Rio de Janeiro city health officials are on alert. The number of dengue cases in January and February in the...
March 18, 2019
Brazil’s Fiocruz Warns of Possible Health Problems for Dam Victims
Researchers from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) warned on Tuesday of the possibility of aggravation of chronic diseases in the...
February 6, 2019
Brazil Announces End of State of Emergency for Zika Virus
The country had been under a state of emergency for the virus which causes Zika and microcephaly for the past...
May 12, 2017
Health Secretary Warns Chikungunya Could Infect Half of Rio
New health secretary Carlos Eduardo says this summer half of the city’s residents may be infected with the disease transmitted...
January 4, 2017
Aedes Aegypti Mosquito is Top Priority for Brazil’s Government
Officials say fight against mosquito which transmits dengue, Zika and Chikungunya is priority but repellents promised a year ago have...
December 27, 2016