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[ad_1] NASA said Tuesday night (20) that data sent from space indicates that the Osiris-Rex spacecraft has successfully collected samples from the asteroid Bennu. “Preliminary data shows that today’s sample collection mission went as planned,” the space agency wrote on Twitter. Preliminary data shows that today’s sample collection event went …

[ad_1] NASA has achieved an important feat this Tuesday (20). The US space agency landed the Osiris-Rex spacecraft on the asteroid Bennu, which was in orbit for a period of nearly two years before landing. Despite the success, the action was not easy, because, on an astronomical scale, the asteroid …

[ad_1] The Ministry of Health announced today that the federal government will purchase 46 million doses of CoronaVac, a coronavirus vaccine developed by the Butantan Institute, in São Paulo, in partnership with Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac Life Science. THE Twitter found that the cost will be R $ 2.6 billion, …

[ad_1] The Minister of Science and Technology, Marcos Pontes, affirmed, on Monday (19), that the graph presented by the portfolio that supposedly showed the effectiveness of a remedy against Covid-19 was “merely illustrative.” The image released by the minister did not contain data to support the claim and it was …

[ad_1] With the right to wide publicity by the government and a ceremony with the presence of President Jair Bolsonaro, the antiparasitic nitazoxanide, sold in Brazil under the brand name Annita, was presented this Monday (10/19) at the Planalto Palace as a promising treatment for the covid. -19 at the …

[ad_1] Six covid-19 vaccines are in the final stages of development around the world. Four are being tested in Brazil, with authorization from Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency). Without complete information released to the public, there are timelines or projections at this time, with no set date for the start …

[ad_1] Donations from individuals already exceed R $ 140 million at the beginning of this fourth week of the campaign, according to a survey by the G1 with data from the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE). By now, more than 40,000 people have donated money to candidates or even party boards. …

[ad_1] Seven months after the first confirmed case of covid-19 in Brazil, the pandemic has already caused irreparable damage, killing more than 150,000 Brazilians. Although we still cannot consider the situation controlled, since there is no medicine or vaccine against the virus, with the effort of scientists and health professionals, …

[ad_1] When announcing the supposed efficacy of the drug nitazoxanide in the treatment of Covid-19, the government of Jair Bolsonaro used a generic graphic, identical to the one available in the ShutterStock image bank service. 247 – The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Marcos Pontes, said on Monday the …

[ad_1] The discovery of the drug nitazoxanide, touted as “effective” against the coronavirus by metior (Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations) in an announcement this Monday (19), without disclosure of the study data, involved a large national research center and a search for “needle in a haystack” to find a …