COVID-19 and the paradigm of fantasy-based medicine

For a drug to be considered effective against a disease, it needs to undergo research with methodological rigor and that can attest to real benefits and risks

Amid the pandemic, Chagas disease continues in search of visibility

People with Chagas disease and, in particular, those who have developed severe cardiac or digestive pathology, have an additional vulnerability to COVID-19

Herd immunity for COVID-19 is a dangerous mirage

EIt is estimated that at least 60% of the world population needs to be immunized before the concept of herd immunity shows any effect

Researchers find sandfly infected by filaria

Worm from the same family as the parasite that can cause blindness, among other health problems, was found during a study on leishmaniasis

Interview

Ethical challenges in times of COVID-19

In times of pandemic, where not even the norm is able to cover the plurality of cases that reality presents, it is necessary to develop a discernment capable of understanding what constitutes the best for the common good

Good Science

Circulating SARS-CoV-2 spike N439K variants maintain fitness while evading antibody-mediated immunity

Resistance to human immunodeficiency virus infection: a rare but neglected state

Clinical characteristics and outcomes for 7,995 patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection

CARD8 is an inflammasome sensor for HIV-1 protease activity

Challenges in ensuring global access to COVID-19 vaccines: production, affordability, allocation, and deployment

Single-dose administration and the influence of the timing of the booster dose on immunogenicity and efficacy of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine: a pooled analysis of four randomised trials

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Chief-editor:
Carlos Henrique Nery Costa

Assignment editors:
Guilherme Werneck
Carlos Henrique Nery Costa

Journalism:
Denise de Quadros
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Translation:
Pedro Costa

Graphics and diagramation:
Leandro Matos