Category: Infectious Disease

During sleep, our body regenerates important components of the immune system – essential factors to keep us strong against COVID-19. Here are hints to help you sleep better.

To avoid panic, it is important to differentiate the new coronavirus from other conditions that can affect the respiratory system.

In addition to taking care to prevent the new coronavirus from entering your body, it is always good to keep your immune system strengthened. Check out some tips.

Although coronavirus cases are currently not as prevalent in South America, it is important that we are aware of ways to prevent infection.

Syphilis has increased greatly in Brazil, especially among young people. Learn more about this Sexually Transmitted Disease and how to identify it.

Toilets with air hand dryers have about five times as many bacteria growing on the bathroom surfaces as bathrooms that offer paper towels for drying hands.

An alert from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) highlights new potential side effects of quinolone antibiotics, such as mental disorders and severely low levels of blood glucose.

Only 43% of our bodies are human cells. The other 57% are made up of trillions of bacteria, viruses and fungi that live on our skin and inside our bodies. Learn why the microbiome is so important for good health.