The Brazilian Institute of Technology in Immunobiologicals of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation and the Argentinean private sector biopharmaceutical company Sinergium Biotech will manufacture anti-Covid-19 vaccines and meet the challenges of future infectious diseases. According to the Pan American Health Organisation, regional centres in Brazil and Argentina were selected for […]
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Bolivia immunised
Bolivia is one of the first states in the world to have 100% Covid-19 vaccine available for its entire population in need, after receiving one million doses a few days ago. The country stocks around 13.5 million vaccines, one million of those from Johnsons & Johnson’s US based [company] […]
Covid has worsened mental health
60% of the inhabitants of the three Americas suffer from anxiety or depression and their situation is unlikely to improve soon because the conditions necessary for that have been changed by the pandemic. In fact, in almost 90% of countries, psychotherapy and assessment services have been interrupted. That is […]
Coffee: the good and the bad
Various legends about the plant exist, with several tracing its origins to Ethiopia. One tells of how a zebra shepherd, upon seeing the vitality his flock showed after eating the red beans, took them to a revered Muslim wise man, who threw them in the fire as a sign of […]
Procrastination, or fighting with yourself
Procrastination – from the Latin procrastinare: ‘to leave until the next day, to postpone’ – it is the habit of systematically putting off the tasks we are required to carry out. It is such a natural and widespread phenomenon that, according to experts, it has an evolutionary base, affecting on average 95% of the global population.
















