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Uncertainty about the new variant causes more volatility on Tuesday. US futures down 1%; oil, 3%. By Alexandre Versignassi and Guilherme Jacques The forecast for today is rain, thunderstorm, hurricane. US futures indices dawned on a nasty fall, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones down -1%. On European stock exchanges, ditto: everyone in the red. The turbulent atmosphere came […]
President Jair Bolsonaro made a statement recently stating that Brazil “can’t stand a lockdown anymore”. We all know the consequences of a compulsory closure of everything and everyone in this moment of extreme poverty in the country! 132 years after the military coup that overthrew the most stable and prosperous government that Brazil has ever had, Bolsonaro’s […]
Awareness of the topic is important to prevent depression Anyone who thinks that mental health care is still “for a few” is wrong. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than 300 million people worldwide suffer from depression. Yet each year, approximately 800,000 lives are lost to suicide. Despite this, less than half of affected people receive […]
Structured before the Covid-19 pandemic, the Alô Saúde Floripa service, which has more than 500,000 active users, placed the capital of Santa Catarina ahead of other cities in the country in the use of telehealth. Care coordinated by TopMed made it possible for 51.2% of people who intended to seek on-site urgent and emergency services […]
by Taly Cohen March 2020. First quarantine decreed in the state of São Paulo. The metropolis that never sleeps was restless. The energetic subway stations and cars were faced with the tormenting silence of doubt. Without really understanding and afraid of the unknown, my husband and I isolated ourselves at home with our daughters (one, 4 months old, […]