Candidate vaccine for tuberculosis prevention shows promising signs

The safety and efficacy of the vaccine have been assessed in sub-Saharan Africa on 3,500 adults already infected with the causative agent of tuberculosis. Half of them received the vaccine and the others received placebo

Coronavirus: population fears world pandemic

Experts from around the world are searching for a vaccine against no. However, it must undergo animal trials, what could take months until completed

An invisible problem: arenavirus resurfaces in Brazil after 20 years

As few laboratories have the capacity to carry out the tests that led to the identification of the case in São Paulo, there may be more cases of arenavirus in the country

Sporotrichosis: number of cases should increase and there is risk of an outbreak in the country, warns Infectologist

Emerging disease, Feline Transmission Sporotrichosis, in humans, is not mandatory to report in Brazil and, therefore, its exact prevalence is unknown

Interview

Climate change can be disastrous for Southeast Asia, which concentrates 30% of the world's poor population

Climate change has caused an increase and migration of vectors, an increase in epidemics and diseases, reduced productivity and increased spending on medicines and health care

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