Data de publicação: 03/12/2020 - 14:51
A study published in the Nutrients scientific journal shows that teenagers of five countries, including Brazil, have changed their consumption of fried foods, sweet foods, fruits, and vegetables during the social isolation prescribed to reduce Covid-19 transmission. The research, which reveals an increased consumption of fruits and vegetables during social distancing, has also shown higher ingestion of sweets and fried foods among teenagers....
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Data de publicação: 02/12/2020 - 16:46
In the municipalities of Itaituba and Tairão, in the state of Pará, along the Tapajós River, the munduruku indigenous population is suffering from mercury widely used in mining and panning activities. A study carried out by Fiocruz in a partnership with WWF-Brasil shows that all participants of the research are affected by the contaminant. Six out of every 10 participants presented mercury levels above safe thresholds: about...
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Data de publicação: 01/12/2020 - 18:03
Autores: Alexandra Solomon, Rosemary Morgan, Clare Wenham, Julia Smith, Denise Nacif Pimenta, Kate Hawkins, Valerie Mueller. Asha Herten-Crabb.
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Data de publicação: 27/11/2020 - 18:21
A epidemia de COVID-19 através de uma lente de gênero: e se uma abordagem de gênero tivesse sido aplicada para informar as medidas de saúde pública para combater a pandemia de COVID-19? (em inglês)
Autres: CRISTINA ENGUITA-FERNANDEZ, ELENA MARBAN CASTRO , OLIVIA MANDERS , LAUREN MAXWELL e GUSTAVO CORREA MATTA.
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Data de publicação: 17/11/2020 - 10:45
Large-scale fires in the Amazon and Pantanal regions, which have reached record levels in 2020, tend to worsen the Covid-19 epidemic scenario in these regions, which include municipalities usually lacking in high-complexity hospital infrastructure as well as basic healthcare services. These areas are also home to populations with higher social vulnerability. According to data from the National Institute of Spatial Research (Inpe), in the...
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Data de publicação: 10/11/2020 - 20:15
Beatriz C. Thomé & Gustavo C. Matta & Sérgio T. A. Rego. Bioethical Inquiry. DOI:10.1007/s11673-020-10023-w
Artigo em inglês.
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Data de publicação: 10/11/2020 - 20:11
Ana Lucia de M Pontes e Ricardo Ventura Santos. Health Policy and Planning, 35, 2020, i107–i114. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czaa098.
Artigo em inglês.
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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 - 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: 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 - 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 - 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: 25/08/2020 - 15:19
The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), in a partnership with the Community Council of Manguinhos, Redes da Maré, Dados do Bem, SAS Brasil and União Rio, is launching an innovative project that makes possible full healthcare in the favelas, and will contribute to face the Covid-19 pandemic in the communities of Maré and Manguinhos, in Rio de Janeiro. Conexão Saúde: de olho na Covid (Health Connection: keeping an...
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Data de publicação: 25/08/2020 - 13:53
The new coronavirus pandemic has been posing unheard-of challenges to health information systems. Covid-19 data in Brazil, both at a state and municipal level, are crucial for the decision making on public policies and emergency measures to contain the pandemic. These data, however, depend on systems and panels whose coverage and quality vary wildly all over the country. This is the conclusion of a Fiocruz paper, which states that the release of...
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Data de publicação: 25/08/2020 - 11:00
Brazilian researchers have taken the first step in the development of a simple and cheap method to disinfect surfaces and hands. Laboratory tests have shown that a film of detergent can turn inactive the aviary coronavirus (a virus that causes flu in birds and that belongs to the same family of the SARS-CoV-2, the agent of Covid-19). Based on these good results, scientists will now evaluate the action of the formula against SARS-CoV-2 in the...
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Data de publicação: 19/08/2020 - 17:05
Fiocruz President, Nísia Trindade Lima, is the co-chair of the Group on Economic Response and Recovery of the initiative created by research funding agencies to develop a United Nations Research Roadmap for the Recovery of Covid-19. The work was commissioned by the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, and will be a complementary document to the UN Framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19.
The...
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Data de publicação: 17/08/2020 - 12:13
Since the confirmation of the first cases of Covid-19, Fiocruz, an institution linked to the Ministry of Health, has been working to provide responses in different areas. After developing molecular tests to detect the disease and progressively increasing their production scale, the Foundation now begins the operation of one more Support Unit to the Diagnostic of Covid-19 (click here for a virtual tour of the Unit). The initiative is...
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Data de publicação: 06/08/2020 - 17:07
The Fiocruz Global Health Center (Cris/Fiocruz), the National School of Public Health (Ensp/Fiocruz), the Network of Public Health Schools in Latin America (Resp-AL), the Latin American Alliance for Global Health (Alasag), the Argentine Network of Public Health Schools and the International Network of Health Technicians (Rets), which usually act in partnership, promoted the international seminar Vaccines and medicines for Covid-19 as global...
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