NEWSLETTER - Issue 93 - April 15, 2019

Accidents with scorpions: significant increase worries authorities and population

Data from the Ministry of Health show that in 2018 there were 141.4 thousand cases of scorpion accidents in Brazil. In 2017, a total of 125 thousand and in 2016, there were 91.7 thousand cases

Aedes aegypti: project uses Internet of Things to Monitor the Frequency of WingBeats

Chagas disease: shorter treatment brings hope to millions of people affected by the disease

The results of the study can help eliminate one of the barriers to large-scale treatment implementation

Mozambique is hit by the worst humanitarian tragedy in the Southern Hemisphere

Probable outbreaks of cholera and other infectious diseases, as well as measles, are expected to affect large areas of southeastern Africa, especially Mozambique

INTERVIEW

Anti-vaccine movement is one of the ten threats to global health

New research published in the Vaccine Magazine found that anti-vax content on Facebook now embraces genuine beliefs, including the notion that polio does not exist

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Chief-editor:
Carlos Henrique Nery Costa

Assignment editors:
Alberto Novaes
André Siqueira
Guilherme Werneck
Mitermayer Galvão dos Reis

Journalism:
Denise de Quadros
MTb 8458 DRT/RS

Translation:
Pedro Costa

Graphics and diagramation:
Leandro Matos