Brazil: Leishmaniasis deaths in Mato Grosso do Sul up 44% since 2010
The number of fatalities due to the parasitic disease, visceral leishmaniasis has increased by 43.75 percent in the Central-Western Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, according to a Campo Grande News report More...
Dengue epidemic in Southwest Brazil, Campo Grande in a ‘State of Emergency’
Health officials in the southwestern Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul are battling a epidemic-like surge of dengue fever in which some 9,000 cases have been reported from the capital city during the month More...
Brazilian judge orders the arrest of Google chief, Fabio Jose Silva Coelho over failure to remove YouTube videos
Judge Flavio Peren has ordered the arrest of the president of Google’s operations in Brazil for dismissing an order to remove some disparaging YouTube videos aimed at a mayoral candidate. The two videos in question, More...