Health
Remain at Home, Say Authorities. But Favela Residents in Brazil Aren’t Allowed Such a Luxury
The novel coronavirus pandemic has led authorities to close borders, it has impeded circulation ...
Trying Social Distancing in a Brazil That Doesn’t Believe in Personal Space Boundaries
Here in Brazil, like the rest of the world, we are under lockdown. Every ...
A Personal Account of a Rio Favela Resident on His Dealing with Coronavirus
This report from Vila Autódromo is the first in a series by favela residents ...
Brazil Was Ready for Bad Weather. With Coronavirus It Got the Perfect Storm
April would have been a busy month for Brazilian hospitals anyway. As the population ...
Getting Comfy with Covid-19 in Brazil
I’ve been having an unusual number of birthdays, several a day in fact. It ...
Amazon Indians’ Doctor with Coronavirus Brings Fear of an Extermination
A doctor working with the largest tribe in the Amazon has tested positive for ...
Brazil President Keeps Churches Open and Calls Governors Criminals for Imposing Lockdowns
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro blasted as criminals the governors and mayors of Brazil’s largest ...
Cuban Doctors in Brazil Waiting for a Chance to Treat Coronavirus
Raymond Garcia has experience with epidemics. First he treated cholera in Haiti. He battled ...
Amazon Indians Fear Coronavirus Amid a Campaign to Convert Them to Christianity
Indigenous leaders in Brazil are acting to avert the devastating impact coronavirus could have ...
Experiment with Genetically-Modified Mosquitoes Backfires in Brazil
An attempt to contain the populations of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti in ...
