Health
Yellow Fever Is Wiping Out Brazil’s Howler Monkeys
The deadly yellow fever — an infectious disease caused by a mosquito-borne virus — ...
Something Rotten in the State of Brazil: The Meat they Eat
Meat producing giants JSB SA and BRF SA are among dozens of meatpackers ...
When Housing Rights for Brazil’s Poor Clash with Drinkable Water for 5 Million
On the fringes of São Paulo, hundreds of makeshift dwellings fashioned from discarded ...
World Champion in C-section, Brazil Celebrates that Normal Birth Is Up 1%
Since 2009, Brazil became the first country in the world where more babies ...
Brazil’s Austerity and a Turn to the Right Restrict Women’s Reproductive Rights
Late last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the Zika virus ...
Brazil Renews for Three More Years Contract with Cuban Doctors
Antônio Nardi, executive secretary at Brazil’s Health Ministry, signed a deal which ensures the ...
Brazil Moves to Emulate the US and Dismantle Its Universal Healthcare System
Since 1988, the newly established Brazilian constitution has affirmed access to public healthcare as ...
Hypochondriacs They Are Not! 77% of Brazilians Call Selves Healthy or Very Healthy
IBGE, the Brazilian bureau of statistics, has just released the 2008 edition of its ...
This Holiday Season, Get a Flu Shot and Give the Gift of Health to Your Family
Advertorial When you get a flu shot this holiday season, you’re not only decreasing ...
Got a Sex Disease? Use Brazil Governments’s Virtual Card to Tell Your Partner
Courtesy of Brazil's government, Brazilians with a sexual transmitted disease (STD) will now be ...
