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Dengue: An Unseen Epidemic within Peru’s Pandemic

The Rio Times Staff -
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - While the world is grappling with the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Peru is still dealing with an epidemic that it has not been able to control---the mosquito-borne viral disease known as dengue. With...
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Brazilian researchers have found cheaper, faster test to detect the Zika virus, Brazil, Pernambuco

Brazilian Researchers Develop Faster Test to Detect Zika Virus

Dorah Feliciano -
By Dorah Feliciano, Contributing Reporter BRASILIA, BRAZIL – A cheaper and faster test for detecting the Zika virus is being developed by Fiocruz (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation) in Pernambuco, Brazil. The researchers are hopeful that the new test will help save...
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Opinion: Who’s Afraid of Yellow Fever? Why We Should Be

Contributing Reporter -
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. ...
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