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[ad_1] BRASILIA – O Federal Supreme Court (STF) tends to adopt a position in favor of compulsory vaccination, if its effectiveness is proven, in two separate judgments that should be taken to the Plenary of the Court in the coming months, one of them on COVID-19 and another on whether …

[ad_1] This Monday 26 will begin the registration for the remaining vacancies of the Student Financing Fund (Fies), referring to the vacancies not covered during 2020. About 50 thousand opportunities are being offered. They can apply enrolled and not enrolled in an institution of higher education. But we must pay …

[ad_1] BRASILIA – The President Jair bolsonaro conditioned the purchase of a vaccine against COVID-19 by Brazil to certification and without “rush”. Citing drugs without scientific evidence, he questioned whether it would be better to invest in drugs to cure Covid-19 rather than vaccination, which would have the power to …

[ad_1] President Jair Bolsonaro (non-party) said today that he does not understand why there is an intense race for the covid-19 vaccine. According to the University Johns Hopkins, the coronavirus has infected more than 43 million people worldwide and killed more than 1.1 million. In Brazil, there are more than …

[ad_1] LONDON – One of America’s leading infectious disease experts, Anthony Fauci, said Sunday that it will be clear whether a Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective by early December, but that a comprehensive vaccination is not likely until 2021.. “We will know if a vaccine is safe and effective …

[ad_1] RIO – Without fanfare, under the waning moon of early September, a new front began to fight Covid-19 in Rio de Janeiro. Covered from head to toe by EPP, the Fiocruz scientists entered a forest in the Macizo da Pedra Branca, in Jacarepaguá, with one objective: to catch bats. …

[ad_1] One of the French responded: “Paris is on red alert.” A hydroxychloroquine it is normally used to treat diseases such as arthritis, while chloroquine is used to treat malria. The authors of the study, published in the scientific journal The Lancet, emphasize that the two drugs had no effect …

[ad_1] Marcos Pontes, Minister of Science and Technology (Credit: Reproduction TV Brasil) Despite reducing the viral load in patients with Covid-19, the vermifuge nitazoxanide is not effective in resolving the symptoms of the disease after five days of treatment, nor can it prevent complications derived from coronavirus infection, but it …

[ad_1] Nitazoxanide, a dewormer popularly known as Annita, was able to reduce viral load in patients with mild COVID-19, according to a study coordinated by the Ministry of Science and Technology. However, the medication did not reduce the symptoms analyzed (cough, fever and fatigue) nor did it influence the number …

[ad_1] “The main objective of the study, to reduce deaths and severe symptoms of Covid-19, was not achieved. Only a secondary objective was presented, that the drug is able to reduce the viral load. This, in practice, does not solve the problem of coronavirus, ”said epidemiologist Paulo Lotufo. The infectologist …