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Figure 1. Municipal agent in Votuporanga, Brazil, fumigating a house. Source: Flickr Artificial intelligence (AI) is not just reshaping daily life, it is revolutionizing how scientific research is being done and how it is applied for global public health. In the fight against dengue, AI plays a critical role in predicting outbreaks, mapping high-risk areas, […]
Fighting Dengue with AI: Nature-Inspired Mosquito Control Read More »
Figure 1. Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito. Picture taken by Muhammad Mahdi Karim from Wikipedia. Dengue fever remains a persistent global health threat, especially in tropical regions like Latin America. Despite political instability and recent reduced federal funding for infectious disease research dengue virus continues to spread, with mosquito breeding and incidence rates showing
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Dengue Virus: A Common Mosquito-Borne Threat in Latin America Dengue, commonly known as breakbone fever, is the most widespread mosquito-borne disease worldwide, with Latin America being a major hotspot. It is a viral disease caused by the dengue virus (DENV), which belongs to the Flaviviridae family. Interestingly, the term Flaviviridae comes from the Latin word
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Sometimes it may be difficult to find love, but certain pathogens, like Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) are easy to find. This is especially true in the case of Latin America and the Caribbean, which are among the regions with highest rates of H. pylori infection worldwide. But why should we care? This bacterium, originally referred
How H. pylori does not discriminate against Hispanics/Latinos Read More »
Here, I talk about a recent scientific paper showing that there is a difference in H. pylori seroprevalence, or frequency of infection, based on Hispanic/Latino cultural background and multiple factors associate with the disease.
What’s your Latino background? You could be infected with Helicobacter Pylori Read More »
AI is creeping into our lives, including medical research and provider care. But, what do Hispanics think of using AI in health and medicine?
What Hispanics think of using AI in healthcare and medicine Read More »
What can we learn about the Ivermectin craze for policy and decision making?
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Here I provide further details on papers that contributed to the Ivermectin hype, giving false hope to both the scientific community and the public, but were ultimately retracted because of unreliable and unsupported data and interpretations.
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What does reliable science tells us about using Ivermectin to combat COVID-19?
The truth behind Ivermectin use for COVID-19 Read More »
Although Hispanics are less likely to suffer from the most common cancers (e.g., lung, breast) than non-Hispanic Whites, they have a higher risk for those less common cancers that are also associated with infectious agents (e.g., liver, cervix).
Using AI for tumor histology research Read More »
Note. This is updated from a previous blog post I published a long time ago in robotic healthcare on November 29,2018 >>> Hello, World! You may remember from the pre-COVID times the use of the new genome editing technique CRISPR-Cas9 by He Jiankui, scientist at the Southern University of Science and Technology of China, to
AI can discriminate against minorities and spread scientific misinformation Read More »
AI is forecasted to increase the region’s GDP greater than 5% by 2030. The report titled “Seizing the opportunity the future of AI in latin America” has a special focus on Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico.
AI in healthcare: for better or for worse? Read More »
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