Researchers from Fiocruz and Harvard University carried out the first national study assessing suicide among indigenous and non-indigenous people in Brazil. The study assessed suicide rates during the ...

In epidemiological research work, the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC/Fiocruz) confirmed the presence of the worm Angiostrongylus cantonensis, causing eosinophilic meningitis, in snails collected in the ...

A study developed in partnership between Fiocruz Pernambuco, the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE) and the Federal Institute of Paraíba (IFPB) carried out an investigation on the ...

Going back to school may represent an extra risk for more than 9.3 million Brazilians (4.4% of the overall population) who are elderly or adults (18 years and up) with chronic health conditions and at ...

SpiN-TEC, a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Fiocruz Minas and by the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), can begin to be tested in humans. Last Monday (October 3), the Brazilian Health ...

On October 31st, at 2pm (London), the webinar called “Preparing for the 2025 dengue season: insights from predictive models” will take place, promoted by the Vice-presidency of Education, Information ...

Fiocruz is part of the executive group created by the Ministry of Health (MS) to monitor the actions for the strengthening of the Health Economic-Industrial Complex, announced last Monday (3/4), with ...

The Management Report, published on June 2, offers a thorough picture of the efforts undertaken by Fiocuz to offer quick responses to the Brazilian population in the fight against COVID-19.From the ...

On July 1st and 2nd, the Science20 Summit, the G20 engagement group for science and technology, met in Rio de Janeiro to formulate the basis of the official communiqué that will be addressed to the ...

Even in the midst of a pandemic that has affected the everyday life of virtually everyone, Brazilians are still living with the consequences of the last national public health emergency: the zika ...

The Global Network of Human Milk Banks has already started organizing the celebrations of World Human Milk Donation Day - 19 May.The first step consists in choosing the slogan for social mobilization ...

A Fiocruz e a Associação Brasileira das Indústrias de Química Fina, Biotecnologia e suas Especialidades (Abifina) promoveram, na última quinta-feira (13/10), o seminário Fortalecimento e ...