People searching for the secret to a longer life often turn to strict diets, exercise routines, supplements and expensive health monitoring. But research into Brazil’s oldest residents is pointing ...

Smoke from wildfires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest Wednesday was causing people in the region to cough, burning their throats and reddening their eyes. Large swaths of the country have been draped in ...

According to the CDC, the average life expectancy in the U.S. is 75.8 years for males and 81.1 years for females. Brazil, in contrast, is home to multiple supercentenarians, or people who live to be ...

Devastating floods led to more than 175 deaths and 423,000 people displaced in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul in May. It was the state's worst natural catastrophe in almost a ...

Editor’s note: This story is part of As Equals, CNN’s ongoing series on gender inequality. For information about how the series is funded and more, check out our FAQs. In the summer of 2023, Matheus ...

November is marked by offerings of marigolds to the dead in Mexico, minutes of silence to honour fallen soldiers in Britain and turkey feasts to give thanks in the United States. In Brazil it used to ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A night fishing trip 30 years ago showed Brazilian public health doctor Apolo Heringer the meaning of health: a clean river full of fish — a notion ...