Data de publicação: 06/11/2020 - 12:57
Pope Francis has sent a message praising and thanking Fiocruz and its staff for its accomplishments. His blessing was sent as a response to an invitation for him to send a message on the occasion of the Fratelli Tutti seminar: The global social message of Pope Francis, promoted by the Global Health Center of Fiocruz (Cris/Fiocruz), on November 3rd.
"At this moment when Brazil, along with the rest of the world, faces the Covid-19 pandemic...
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Data de publicação: 06/11/2020 - 10:35
To mark the six months of Covid-19 in Brazil, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) has published a special edition of its Covid-19 Observatory Bulletin with an assessment of the pandemic that has been having effects on the health of populations and challenging science all over the world. Made by a multidisciplinary team of researchers of the Foundation, the investigation includes the main aspects related to Covid-19, such as social, economic,...
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Data de publicação: 03/11/2020 - 15:45
On October 26th the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) sent to the External Commission of the House of Representatives for the Fight Against Covid-19 the Technological Order Agreement signed with AstraZeneca for the production of a Covid-19 vaccine. Although the contract contains classified information, common in contracts of this nature and classified according to Brazilian law, the document was sent to the Commission in its full version...
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Data de publicação: 03/11/2020 - 14:46
Symptoms of anxiety and depression affect 47.3% of essential workers during the Covid-19 pandemic, in Brazil and in Spain. More than half of them - and 27.4% of the total of people interviewed - suffer from both anxiety and depression simultaneously. In addition, 44.3% report alcohol abuse; 42.9% report changes in their sleep habits; and 30.9% were diagnosed with or were treated for mental illness in the year prior to a survey coordinated by...
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Data de publicação: 26/10/2020 - 15:43
Research by Fiocruz Pernambuco, in collaboration with the Colorado State University (CSU), USA, has found scientific evidence of the importance of sexual transmission of the virus in the zika epidemic in Pernambuco. This is the first Brazilian study to reach this conclusion, and the second worldwide to show that sexual transmission of the zika virus played a much more significant role in the epidemic than what was initially thought. The first...
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Data de publicação: 26/10/2020 - 14:33
Two projects with the participation of Fiocruz will be receiving financial support from the United Kingdom, after being acknowledged by the Global Effort on Covid-19 (GECO) Health Research. The call sought research projects that focused on offering responses to the multiple health consequences of the pandemic in low- and medium-income rate countries. Announced on October 10, the GECO is financed by two British research institutions, the National...
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Data de publicação: 22/10/2020 - 17:30
The fires that have been hitting the Pantanal region for weeks is a threat not only to local fauna and flora but also to the human health of local populations, especially firefighters and nearby communities. In September, the number of fires in that biome hit a historical high. In addition to the immediate effects of fire and smoke, the loss of biodiversity and the drop of resources for the surviving species may cause animals to flee to unburnt...
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Data de publicação: 15/10/2020 - 12:52
As part of the celebrations of the 120th anniversary of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, the National Institute of Public Communication in Science and Technology (INCT-CPCT) has coordinated the survey How Brazilians see Fiocruz: a survey in 12 Brazilian cities. The goal was to analyze the perception the society has of the Foundation in the 12 Brazilian cities where it is present, in units, offices, or special projects: Manaus, Salvador, Belo...
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Data de publicação: 13/10/2020 - 18:53
In the American continent, leishmaniasis is caused by various species of parasites of the Leishmania genus. When infected, humans report a set of clinical manifestations that can compromise the skin, the mucous membranes, and internal organs. The different presentations of leishmaniasis are clinically mistaken for several other diseases, which makes its diagnosis a challenge for health workers. The varied clinical spectrum of the disease is also...
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Data de publicação: 13/10/2020 - 14:44
The Center for Technological Development in Health of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (CDTS/Fiocruz) and the European Infrastructure for Translational Medicine (Eatris) signed, in September, a letter of intent with the goal of promoting initiatives in translational sciences. The partnership includes not only education and training projects within this theme, but also the creation of a Global Hub of Drug Repositioning, with an initial focus on...
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Data de publicação: 07/10/2020 - 17:44
In a partnership with the National Institute of Metrology, Quality, and Technology (Inmetro), researchers of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC/Fiocruz) have recorded new images that reveal the effects of the infection by the new coronavirus in the cells. Obtained through high-resolution microscopy, the photographs show that infected cells show membrane extensions, called filopodia, that form intercellular connections. This alteration may be one of...
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Data de publicação: 07/10/2020 - 16:55
Genetic sequences and clinical and epidemiological data of influenza and SARS-CoV-2 viruses. Geographical and specific data of species associated with avian viruses and viruses of other animals. These contents, crucial to help national and international researchers understand more rapidly how the viruses evolve and spread during epidemics and pandemics, can be found in the international platform of genomic data, the GISAID. Since the beginning...
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Data de publicação: 07/10/2020 - 15:41
In a cooperation between Fiocruz Pernambuco, the Central Laboratory of Public Health of Pernambuco (Lacen/SES-PE) and the University of Pernambuco Campus Serra Talhada (UPE-ST), a pioneer study describes the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the first 557 patients of the state to be contaminated by the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). The paper was published (29/9) in the international magazine Travel Medicine and Infectious...
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Data de publicação: 29/09/2020 - 14:00
For the first time, the Food and Drug Administration of the USA has granted the status of an orphan drug to a drug developed entirely in Brazil: the P-MAPA, immunomodulator for the treatment of schistosomiasis. P-MAPA is short for Proteic - Magnesium Ammonium Phospholinoleate Anhydride, the chemical denomination of a biopolymer produced through fermentation by the Aspergillus oryzae fungus. Researchers Juliana Carla Serafim da Silva and Bruno de...
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Data de publicação: 29/09/2020 - 10:54
In a partnership with Instituto D’Or (Idor) and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), a study by the Center for Technological Development in Health (CDTS/Fiocruz) observed that the virus responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic, the SARS-CoV-2, can infect neural cells and create brain damage. Organized by Faperj and published in preprint, the project started with the analysis of the neural tissue of a patient who died due to...
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Data de publicação: 24/09/2020 - 12:47
An international project, of which Fiocruz Pernambuco is part, is evaluating public health response to Covid-19 in Brazil, Canada, China, France, and Mali. Researchers will compare data obtained in the five countries, to identify the strong and weak points of the measures adopted, including the challenges faced by health professionals and health systems. The goal is to gather the lessons learned, based on strict interdisciplinary researches...
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Data de publicação: 24/09/2020 - 12:17
In October, Fiocruz and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, in Australia, will begin testing the BCG vaccine (normally used to prevent tuberculosis) on healthcare professionals, to verify the protection of the immunizer against Covid-19 as well. The trial, which was initially expected to be carried out only in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, will be expanded to the state of Rio de Janeiro.
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Data de publicação: 11/09/2020 - 15:31
The plots are astonishing. In the United States, a 14-year-old girl - still a virgin, the message highlights - supposedly became pregnant after having her flu shot. In another version of the story, the girls are Mexican and are between 11 and 17 years old. In this case, the culprit of the pregnancies is the HPV vaccine. With variations, false narratives such as these, absolutely devoid of scientific evidence, disseminate through social networks...
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Data de publicação: 11/09/2020 - 14:20
The Fiocruz Virtual Campus has announced its first course available in three languages in its platform: Healthcare in phonoaudiology - An approach on oral sensorial-motor alterations in the field of neonatology. This is an online course that focuses on phonoaudiology professionals of the Brazilian Public Health System network, additional health networks and other health professionals interested in dysphagia. This is the first course of the...
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Data de publicação: 11/09/2020 - 12:57
A research has analyzed the performance of chimeric antigens for the diagnosis of chronic Chagas disease using rapid tests. The study led by researcher Fred Luciano Neves Santos, of Fiocruz Bahia, used serum samples from different geographical regions of Brazil and from patients with different clinical presentations of the disease. The work was described in an article published in the BioMed Research International journal.
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Data de publicação: 11/09/2020 - 12:22
Researchers of Fiocruz and Visuri, reference institutions in research and development of technology for health, have developed a portable device, the OmniLAMP, for the molecular diagnosis of COVID-19 through the detection of SARS-CoV-2 genetic material. Using the RT-LAMP technique, which transforms RNA into DNA and amplifies it isothermically, the equipment makes it possible to run tests with safety levels similar to those of the PCR (polymerase...
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Data de publicação: 10/09/2020 - 12:44
The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) was selected to receive funding from Google.org, through the institution’s fund to support projects using innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data analytics to help understand COVID-19 and address its impacts. The project by the Centre for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (Cidacs/Fiocruz Bahia), with Bahia Federal University (UFBA), was one of only two selected in Brazil by Google...
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Data de publicação: 03/09/2020 - 15:21
Several patients infected with the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) show an exacerbated inflammatory response caused by an exagerated activity of the patient’s immune system, in the attempt to protect the body from the pathogen. This activity is linked to significant lesions in the lungs and is one of the main factors associated to severe cases of Covid-19. To bypass this mechanism, researchers all over the world are looking for efficient ways...
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