CORC is a new strategy for the organization, through its R&D Blueprint for Epidemics. It focuses on viral families rather than individual pathogens, creating a more comprehensive approach to tackle future emergencies
Fiocruz International News - March 2025
The Brazilian Ministry of Health announced in Brasilia that it plans to move forward with a new agreement that outlines the foundations for establishing this year a Fiocruz office in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal
Study from Oswaldo Cruz Institute (IOC/Fiocruz) obtained the first images of mpox entering cells. It also presents a 3D animation model that shows the structures of the "viral factory" that forms inside the cell for the virus replication and reveals the release of viral particles
Fiocruz participates in the launch of the 100 Days Mission Report in Africa
The International Pandemic Preparedness Secretariat (IPPS), Government of South Africa and South African Medical Research Council organized the event. Mario Moreira took part in a panel on strengthening Public-Private Partnerships
Children with Congenital Zika Syndrome are at a higher risk of hospitalization
The first generation affected by the microcephaly outbreak in 2015 is now around ten years old. Only a minority survived their first year of life and remain vulnerable to serious complications, according to research by Cidacs/Fiocruz Bahia
Long COVID: A high prevalence of symptoms and invisibility in healthcare services
A research by Ensp/Fiocruz, in partnership with the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and the London School of Economics and Political Science, revealed a high rate of self-reported long COVID in the city of Rio de Janeiro
The guide for entomologists presents the main taxonomic and ecological characteristics of the maruim species. Since the end of 2023, several outbreaks of Oropouche fever have occurred in the region
The visit had another objective as well: to award the title of Knight of the National Order of Merit to the researcher Wilson Savino for his contributions to science and Franco-Brazilian cooperation
Executive director Rebecca Grais met with president Mario Moreira and representatives from Fiocruz Global Health Center and Bio-Manguinhos to discuss ways to expand the Foundation's role within the group
Among the 14 selected by The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is the work "Live, Attenuated, Tetravalent Butantan-Dengue Vaccine in Children and Adults", in which two researchers from Fiocruz Bahia were involved