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The Santarém Blood Center has reduced stocks and is seeking community support to maintain service.
The Santarém Blood Center, in the west of Pará, has a low blood supply and is making an urgent call to the population to increase donations.
The mobilization seeks to reach the goal of 200 donors and is part of a campaign promoted by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, through the Helping Hands: Children with Cancer program, in partnership with Hemopa.

Health units, psychosocial care centers, vaccination points and administrative services of the Maceió Municipal Health Department will be closed on the October 12th holiday, with activities resuming on Tuesday, the 13th.

A neuroscientific study published in 'eBioMedicine' shows a reduction of up to 20% in a marker associated with dopamine in adults with long Covid and neuropsychiatric symptoms, raising a new hypothesis for fatigue and apathy.

Influencer Leandro de Souza, known as the most tattooed man in Brazil, had a bladder tumor that has already reached the organ's muscle and will undergo chemotherapy followed by surgery in 2027. Treatment follows the 2026 Brazilian guidelines for advanced stage bladder cancer, which include chemotherapy and immunotherapy before radical cystectomy. Inca projects more than 13 thousand new cases annually in Brazil, with smoking being responsible for more than half of diagnoses.

Anvisa authorized the start of human testing of a malaria vaccine developed by UFMG in partnership with USP and the Cristália laboratory. The vaccine, called Vivaxin, targets Plasmodium vivax and will be tested on 48 volunteers in Belo Horizonte, with the expectation of availability in health centers in five to seven years.

The Municipal Health Department (SMS) warned that a couple was seen carrying out health care without authorization in Conjunto Sol Nascente, this Friday morning, and advised the population not to allow these people to enter homes, not to share personal data and not to accept the services offered.

CRM-PR opened an inquiry to investigate medical error at the Hospital da Cruz Vermelha, in Curitiba, where a 72-year-old woman had the wrong knee operated on. The family alleges a lack of safety protocols and scheduling of the member to be operated on.