Data de publicação: 22/03/2024 - 16:38
The constant heat waves caused by climate change, combined with incomplete urbanization and the large circulation of people in certain areas, are influencing the spread of the dengue fever into the hinterlands of the country. This is revealed by the study Climate change, thermal anomalies, and the recent progression of dengue in Brazil, published on Nature's Scientific Reports portal. The text was written by researcher Christovam Barcellos,...
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Data de publicação: 20/03/2024 - 15:58
In an opinion article – Heat waves, climate crisis and adaptation challenges in the global south metropolises –, published on March 8 in the international open access publisher PLOS, researcher Christovam Barcellos, from Fiocruz, warns of the challenges faced in adapting the global south metropolises to climate change, especially heat waves, pointing out that, in these areas, issues such as the supply of drinking water, electricity...
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Data de publicação: 20/03/2024 - 15:20
Fiocruz has taken another step forward on the road to cooperation with Malaysia. Visiting the country two weeks ago for the Dengue Alliance meeting, the Foundation's Vice President of Production and Innovation in Health, Marco Krieger, took part in various activities in which he discussed possibilities for cooperation, the Health Industrial Complex, the mRNA vaccine and innovation in health. During the trip, it was planned to sign a...
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Data de publicação: 20/03/2024 - 10:56
Leonardo Bastos, a researcher at the Scientific Computation Program of Fiocruz (PROCC/Fiocruz), won the "Study UK Alumni Awards 2024" on February 28th from the British Council organisation in Brasília. According to the British Council's Director of Cultural Engagement, Diana Daste, "in 2024, the tenth edition of the Study UK Alumni Awards received a total of 1,450 entries from alumni from nearly 100 countries." In...
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Data de publicação: 14/03/2024 - 09:43
Jack A. Tuszynski, professor at the University of Alberta in Canada and the Polytechnic Institute of Turin, in Italy, will give an online research seminar on computational modeling applied to health on March 20, at 2 pm (Brasília time). Entitled Measuring and modeling electro conductive and quantum properties of cytoskeletal protein filaments exposed to electromagnetic fields, the seminar will bring a physics perspective to intracellular...
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Data de publicação: 12/03/2024 - 11:53
The president of Fiocruz, Mario Moreira, and the Spanish ambassador to Brazil, Mar Fernández-Palacios Carmona, signed, last Wednesday (3/6), a memorandum of understanding between the Foundation and the Carlos III Health Institute. The agreement was signed in the presence of president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and minister Nísia Trindade Lima as part of a state visit by Spanish president Pedro Sánchez....
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Data de publicação: 11/03/2024 - 11:15
On March 20th, at 14h, professor Jack A. Tuszynski, from the University of Alberta in Canada and the Polytechnic University of Turin in Italy, will deliver an online research seminar on computational modelling applied to health titled “Measuring and modelling electro conductive and quantum properties of cytoskeletal protein filaments exposed to electromagnetic fields.” The seminar will provide a physics perspective on intracellular...
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Data de publicação: 06/03/2024 - 09:53
Intending to establish international partnerships for the development and production of technologies, Fiocruz launched the English version of its Innovation Portfolio on Wednesday (2/28). The Innovation Portfolio is Fiocruz's fundamental tool for seeking out national and international partners interested in developing and licensing products that benefit society.
"We can say that the Portfolio is an important tool for strengthening...
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Data de publicação: 05/03/2024 - 16:07
The Institute of Drug Technology (Farmanguinhos/Fiocruz) announced in 2/28 a partnership agreement with the Brazilian unit of the German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim in Rio de Janeiro. This is the first step towards submitting and obtaining registration for a generic product of Jardiance®, empagliflozin 10 mg and 25 mg, with the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa). The drug is indicated for the treatment of adults with...
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Data de publicação: 05/03/2024 - 15:43
Living on an extremely low income is a risk factor for a variety of health conditions, such as tuberculosis, malaria and AIDS. Previous studies have shown that public policies such as conditional cash transfer programs are among the most effective interventions for improving the well-being of individuals and families in low- and middle-income countries living in situations of vulnerability. A study published in the scientific journal Nature...
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Data de publicação: 29/02/2024 - 12:27
There are different parameters for assessing a child's development from birth, and weight and height gain is some of these factors. However, there are indirect influences that act on this factor of development. This is what a new study published by researchers from the Center for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (Cidacs/Fiocruz Bahia) points out. The research findings suggest that the ethnicity/color of pregnant women affects the...
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Data de publicação: 29/02/2024 - 12:03
Fiocruz and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) signed an agreement last Wednesday (2/21) to set up a research center in the UFRJ Technology Park. The partnership between the institutions will allow setting up an innovation-promoting environment in the form of a health technology platform, aimed at developing products, services and technologies to meet the demands of the Unified Health System (SUS). Present at the signing ceremony...
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Data de publicação: 26/02/2024 - 14:21
Since the beginning of the year, infections caused by the Aedes aegypt mosquito, such as dengue and chikungunya, have been on the rise. In recent weeks, Acre, Minas Gerais, Goiás and the Federal District have declared a state of emergency following an increase in the number of dengue cases, requiring extra care with the mosquito. Other cities are seeing the numbers rise not only for this disease, but also for chikungunya. The State of S...
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Data de publicação: 23/02/2024 - 15:01
The suicide rate among young people grew by 6% a year in Brazil between 2011 and 2022. In turn, notification rates for self-injuries in the 10-24 age group increased by 29% every year in the same period. The figure was higher compared to the general population, whose suicide rate grew by an average of 3.7% a year and self-injury by 21% a year over the same period. These results were found in the analysis of a set of nearly 1 million data points...
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Data de publicação: 20/02/2024 - 15:57
The production of vaccines and diagnostic kits and the use of Wolbachia mosquitoes on a large scale were topics that led to the visit of the Nigerian and Indonesian Health ministers to Fiocruz on 2/8. With different agendas, they visited the Manguinhos Campus in Rio de Janeiro at different times and took part in meetings with members of the Foundation's units.
The similarities in health challenges between countries and the process of...
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Data de publicação: 20/02/2024 - 15:49
A delegation from the United Kingdom was at Fiocruz on February 5th for a meeting about The Global Health Network Latin America and the Caribbean (TGHN LAC). The consortium is supported by the Wellcome Trust and the following partners from Latin American and Caribbean countries: the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, in Brazil; the Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria (IECS), in Argentina; the Instituto de Enfermedades Infecciosas y...
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Data de publicação: 20/02/2024 - 10:47
During the meeting of the 37th Summit of the African Union (AU), president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced, last Saturday (17/2), the expansion of health cooperation with the continent, with the creation of a representation of Fiocruz in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia. On the trip around the country, the president of the Foundation, Mario Moreira, accompanied the Brazilian delegation, representing Minister Nísia Trindade Lima...
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Data de publicação: 19/02/2024 - 10:21
Fiocruz will be responsible for producing and delivering 600,000 dengue molecular diagnostic tests (RT-PCR) to the Ministry of Health (MS). The tests allow confirming the infection and identifying the circulating dengue serotype (1, 2, 3 and 4), but also Zika and chikungunya.
In addition to the 300,000 reactions to be delivered throughout the year, another 300,000 emergency tests will be offered in the first months of the year (photo:...
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Data de publicação: 09/02/2024 - 15:10
The Leônidas & Maria Deane Institute (ILMD/Fiocruz Amazônia), through the Surveillance Center for Emerging, Reemerging or Neglected Viruses, in partnership with several institutions, carried out the genomic and epidemiological characterization of the outbreak of the oropouche virus (Orov), which has been occurring since 2022. Orov is endemic to the Amazon region and has been recording outbreaks in Brazil since the 70s. Orov...
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Data de publicação: 09/02/2024 - 14:40
Researchers evaluated the immunogenicity, efficacy and safety of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in a group ten years after the last dose. Coordinated by Fiocruz Bahia researcher Edson Duarte Moreira Júnior and published in the journal Pediatrics, of the American Association of Pediatrics, the study followed 301 boys and 971 girls who received three doses of the 9vHPV vaccine in the baseline study (day 1, months 2 and 6) and...
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Data de publicação: 07/02/2024 - 17:11
Women living in economically segregated areas, with few resources and poor access to health services, are more likely to die from breast cancer. However, these risk factors can be mitigated with income transfer programs, such as the Bolsa Família Program (PBF, in the Portuguese acronym). A recent study, published in the journal Jama Network conducted by researchers from Fiocruz Bahia's Center for Data and Knowledge Integration for...
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Data de publicação: 05/02/2024 - 16:53
The Pasteur Network has announced the election of new regional representatives for the Americas, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Euro-Mediterranean. Among the elected representatives is Mario Moreira, the president of Fiocruz. Alongside Carlos Bathhyany, from the Pasteur Institute in Montevideo, he will represent the Americas. The newly elected representatives will serve two-year terms and become part of the Board of Directors of the Association....
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Data de publicação: 31/01/2024 - 14:54
Not every pregnancy is the same, as Jecita Pereira Clares knows, who had no complications with the birth of her first child and then faced a premature birth with her second. At 25 weeks, Benjamin was born weighing 750 grams and Jecita experienced the emotional rollercoaster common to mothers with children in intensive care units.
When Radis spoke to her in the Milk Bank room at the Taguatinga Regional Hospital (HRT) in the Federal District,...
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Data de publicação: 26/01/2024 - 14:57
A study by the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC/Fiocruz) reveals the accelerated growth of artificial intelligence (AI) applications aimed at tackling cancer. Published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, the study analyzed global patent registrations in the area, showing the expansion of new technologies, mainly related to image analysis, biomarkers, early disease detection and gene expression modeling.
Carried out in a database that gathers...
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