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While the difficulties of becoming a physician are challenging right across the globe, plenty of the specifics of the medical school experience vary greatly from nation to nation. Learn about the similarities and differences of medical education across six continents right here.

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COVID-19 South America

Pots, Pans & Vaccine Trials: Brazil’s COVID-19 Response, And Its Role in Finding a Cure

For more than a week of warm mid-March evenings, the sound of clanging pots and pans echoed out across São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. In a simple act of frustration and unity, thousands of Brazilians—confined to their homes due to regional lockdown orders to counter the coming COVID-19 pandemic—let their neighbors know exactly what they thought of President Jair Bolsonaro.  Like President Donald Trump, Bolsonaro, a rare international ally …

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