BRASILIA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Dengue fever has surged in Brazil's hot rainy season, forcing health authorities to take emergency measures and start mass vaccination against the mosquito-borne illness.

In Brazil, state governments are setting up emergency centers to test people for dengue and treat them. The city of Rio de Janeiro declared a public health emergency over dengue on Monday ...

Rio de Janeiro has declared a state of public health emergency due to an epidemic of dengue fever, just days before Carnival celebrations are set to take place across Brazil. The city’s mayor ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's agriculture ministry has extended a national health emergency for another 180 days due to more detections of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) virus in ...

in good health, is the best gift. Thank you for everything I have received," he said at the time. Pelé is widely regarded as the greatest soccer player of all time. He helped Brazil to wins in ...

Brazilian authorities declared a public health emergency in the territories where the native Yanomami community resides in Roraima and set up the Center of Operations for Emergencies in Public ...

Brazil has declared a six-month animal health emergency after several cases of avian flu were found in wild birds. Seven cases have been reported in Espirito Santo state, with another discovered ...

Brazil has declared an animal health emergency for six months after authorities detected its first-ever case of avian influenza virus in wild birds, according to a document signed by the ...

An existing infrastructure of teleconsulting as part of a Web-based platform was key to creating a national, real-time ...

SAO PAULO, May 22 (Reuters) - Brazil on Monday declared a state of animal health emergency for 180 days in response to the country's first ever detection of the highly pathogenic avian influenza ...