For the first time, an international study has deciphered the genome of the population of Brazil. Published in the journal Science, the research includes the African, Native American, and European ...

Dengue has been a public health problem in the tropical world for decades and 2024 saw a global dengue surge, with more than ...

Objectives To investigate the occurrence of depression and mental health disorders other than depression among Brazilian people with intellectual disabilities, analysing data from a national household ...

A large-scale genomic analysis reveals Brazil as one of the most genetically diverse countries on Earth – shaped by centuries of colonization, forced migration, and Indigenous heritage, researchers ...

Brazil is facing a demographic turning point that economists warn could undermine its long-term economic stability. The twin forces of a falling birth rate and an aging population are converging at a ...

For the first time, 1 in 4 people in the country are Protestants, but the prediction of outnumbering Catholics by 2032 is unlikely to materialize. For the first time in Brazil’s history, evangelical ...

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Once vanishing from view in the dense Atlantic Forest, jaguars are ...