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More Health with Agent: check out the program's step-by-step guide
Find out everything about the Mais Saúde com Agente Program: how to sign up, the selection process, how to appeal and monitor results.
Mpox: WHO raises international alert to maximum level
Discover the new WHO guidelines on mpox and what is being done to prevent a global crisis. Learn how future strategies could impact global public health.
Quit smoking: receive free medicine and treatment through the PNCT and SUS
Find out how to receive free treatment and medical support, therapies and drugs to stop smoking.
Spotted fever can be fatal: what it is, symptoms, how it is transmitted and treatment (tick disease).
Treatment should be started as soon as possible, as the infection caused by spotted fever can be fatal if left untreated. Check out the symptoms:
HIV and AIDS: New injection Apretude® cabotegravir is 69% more effective than PrEP pills against HIV.
In addition to being more effective, Cabotegravir has a prolonged action of four to eight weeks. Check out:
Popular Pharmacy and Bolsa Família now offer free medicines: check the list
Forty medicines that previously had a 50% discount will now be available free of charge. Check out:
New rules on whole food labels: learn about the changes
To be considered whole from now on, the food must contain at least 30% of whole ingredients. Check out the changes on the labels and how they can affect you.
Brazil starts to waive Covid test and proof of vaccination for entry into the country
COVID traveler screening has ended, check it out.
Thyroid Cancer: Health plans must include new treatment with Lenvatinib Mesylate (Lenvime).
The National Supplementary Health Agency (ANS) recently announced an important update to its List of Procedures and…
Candida auris: the super fungus, what it is, risk group, what are the symptoms and how to prevent it.
Discover Candida auris: a deadly drug-resistant fungus that has already been reported in Brazil. Learn why it worries global health experts, its serious consequences and how to prevent this growing threat.