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The Lula administration is trying to reverse lawmakers’ reductions, which are hitting scientists in the Amazon especially hard. The Lula administration is trying to reverse lawmakers’ reductions, which are hitting scientists in the Amazon especially hard.
The chikungunya virus, transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes and responsible for more than 900 deaths in Brazil since it arrived around ten years ago, is capable of spreading through the blood, reaching multiple organs and crossing the blood-brain barrier, which protects the central nervous system.
The research system must lose its overly rigid attitude towards career progression — and mothers are uniting to make that happen. The research system must lose its overly rigid attitude towards career progression — and mothers are uniting to make that happen.
Author summary Why was this study done? Radical cure with primaquine or recently approved tafenoquine is required to clear the dormant liver parasites of vivax malaria. While single-dose tafenoquine overcomes the barrier of patient adherence to the current 7-day primaquine treatment, it costs more and requires screening for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. While the impact of changing policies to tafenoquine after G6PD screening on transmission has been evaluated, the associated costs and cost-effectiveness will be important considerations for policymakers. What did th...
Expectations were high after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the presidency. But some scientists are frustrated at the slow pace of change. Expectations were high after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the presidency. But some scientists are frustrated at the slow pace of change.