Tag: Disease

By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The State Health Department of Rio de Janeiro confirmed the third yellow fever case in the state this year, all three patients are from Casimiro de Abreu, in the interior...

By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The number of confirmed cases of yellow fever in Minas Gerais rose to 109, according to an epidemiological bulletin released earlier this week by the State Health Department. The total...

Opinion, by Jack Woodall RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – There hasn't been a yellow fever epidemic in Rio for over one hundred years, when the rich escaped to the mountains in Petropolis, Teresopolis and Friburgo in the mosquito season. ...

By Lisa Flueckiger, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The controversy over the pollution of the sea and lagoon in Rio de Janeiro, which host several water sports competitions at the 2016 Olympic Games, continues with new data...

By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – So far this year, nearly 54,000 suspected cases have been recorded in Rio state, and although less than last year, ten deaths have so far been attributed to the...