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Where we came from? Where are we going? How are we similar or different from those who preceded us? What makes the human being unique? Over the centuries, several areas of knowledge, such as science, religion and philosophy, have sought to give meaning to the existence of humanity. From a scientific point of view, the […]

“Sober October”, “Dry January” and “Dry July”: During a quarter of the year, these campaigns motivate people to come together and challenge themselves to go alcohol-free. While some are stronger in the United States, like this month’s, in Brazil the challenge is more common at the beginning of the year. It is no surprise to […]

The National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) authorized, this Monday (3), the conduction of a clinical trial of the vaccine candidate against Covid-19 SpiN-Tec, developed by the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). The SpiN-Tec vaccine, for intramuscular administration, has an initial two-dose schedule. Developed by the university’s CTVacinas, the differential is the mixture of two […]

To determine whether the monkey pox – or monkeypox – caused or contributed to a death, experts in the field, forensic pathologists, look for clues as to how the symptoms specifically may have become life-threatening. “For example, with smallpox, people typically think of it as skin lesions and maybe a general malaise and flu-like symptoms. […]

Funk singer and youtuber Dani Russo explained in recent days to her 13 million followers on Instagram the reason for her disappearance from social networks: a crisis linked to Accelerated Thinking Syndrome , with which she would have been diagnosed in 2021, and had to be hospitalized. “I am being medicated. It’s all ‘okay’ already,” […]

Brazilian and foreign scientists have identified three possible compounds for the treatment of Covid-19. These are natural compounds selected in a screening of 500 drugs, which have shown promise in inhibiting the PLpro protein – one of the enzymes responsible for the proliferation of SARS-CoV-2. All three compounds, 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)phenol (YRL), 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (HBA) and methyl 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate […]

Svante Pääbo won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for “his discoveries about the genomes of extinct hominids and human evolution”, the Swedish Academy announced on Monday (3). The Nobel Committee said that Pääbo, a Swedish geneticist, “achieved something seemingly impossible” when he sequenced the first Neanderthal genome and found that Homo sapiens interbred with Neanderthals. […]

Imagine waking up one morning after recovering from Covid-19 and discover that your coffee smells like dirty socks, your eggs smell like feces, and your orange juice tastes metallic. Strangely, this is a good thing: it’s a sign that you still have a functioning sense of smell — even if it’s poorly connected in your […]

the pharmaceutical pfizer presented to Anvisa, on Friday (30), the second request for temporary authorization for emergency use for a new version of its bivalent vaccine for Covid-19. The bivalent vaccine contains a mixture of strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus with the aim of offering greater protection against Ômicron, considered a variant of concern, when […]

The government will incorporate five new drugs into the Popular Pharmacy program, for free drug distribution. The announcement, made on Thursday (29) during the Ministry of Health’s symposium on World Heart Day and cardiovascular diseases, comes after the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo revealed a 60% cut in the program budget in 2023. — […]