The world's largest biofactory for breeding mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria, a method researchers use to combat ...

Outbreaks of dengue are killing thousands of people in South America each year and getting worse. Brazil hopes to turn the ...

STORY: The world's most deadly species is being bred to be safer, at a mega biofactory in Curitiba, Brazil.It aims to produce 100 million mosquito eggs each week infected with the 'Wolbachia' ...

But now, a major step forward has been taken. Scientists at the University of São Paulo’s Medical School, at the Institute of ...

We don't know the number of asymptomatic cases.” First discovered in 1955, the virus is transmitted from person to person by a small insect called the biting midge ( Culicoides paraensis), which ...

Research conducted on mice has identified that the rapid response of a specific type of defense cell is essential for controlling Oropouche virus infections and preventing serious neurological damage.

The draconian measures reportedly being used in China fanned the flames of fear and brought back bad memories of COVID lockdowns and restrictions ...

A simple majority of Brazil’s Supreme Court justices voted to convict former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro of leading a ...

The former president has been found guilty of trying to mount coup to cling to power after he lost the election.

For the past several weeks, many around the world and here in the U.S. saw a mysterious virus spreading in the city of Foshan in Southern China’s Guangdong Province and couldn’t help but think, here ...

Jair Bolsonaro faces decades in prison for allegedly attempting a coup after he lost an election. President Trump, like millions of Brazilians, is watching closely.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been convicted by the country’s Supreme Court for orchestrating a failed plan ...