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Cesar Baima

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Cesar Baima is a journalist of over 20 years, a frustrated physicist, a lover of astronomy and a science enthusiast. He was a reporter for the newspaper O Globo, where from 2009 he wrote about topics related to health, the environment, history, society and international affairs. Before that, he worked for some of the main newsrooms in Brazil, such as Jornal do Brasil, Veja magazine and the G1 website, and was a correspondent for the international Mergermarket service.

Studying the promotion of health misinformation by the Bolsonaro government

As Brazilian leader, Bolsonaro was prolific in pushing health misinformation, making him a perfect model for researching how those in power can distort truth

Scientific publication is now fully digital – so who is responsible for preserving our archives?

Now journals have moved away from paper publications, our access to our ongoing history of discovery and innovation relies entirely on digital archives

Beware of commercial microbiome tests: how at-home testing can mislead consumers

Despite the marketing claims, research has found no evidence to suggest at-home microbiome tests offer reliable health insights

An anti-vaccine circus takes over the Brazilian Senate’s paediatric vaccinations discussion

A Brazilian Senate discussion on paediatric vaccinations descended into farce, with a parade of vaccine opponents sharing long-disproven antivax talking points.

Jair Bolsonaro: Brazil’s superspreader of disinformation during the pandemic

During the height of the pandemic, Brazil's then-president Jair Bolsonaro was a prolific promoter of pseudoscience - as a new study documents
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