Entrevista con Susana V. Garcia del Museo de la Plata, Argentina. El artículo, “La pesca comercial y el estudio de la fauna marítima en la Argentina”, es uno de los destaques de la última edición de HCS Manguinhos: Oeans and Seas.

Aline Leal reports from Agência Brasil Brazil’s Ministry of Health announced yesterday (Oct 13) that the second screening of a patient suspected of being infected with Ebola came out negative. Souleymane Bah, 47, came from Guinea to Brazil through several countries. The Evandro Chagas Institute, in Belém, Pará, has confirmed that he has not contracted...

The Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine offers annual fellowships to support research in the history of medicine. The Countway Library is the largest academic medical library in the United States, and its Center for the History of Medicine holds 250,000 books and journals published before 1920 and is strong in virtually every medical discipline. The...

This collection give internet users access to high quality images from important anatomical atlases. Available work dates back from the 15th to the 20th century.

The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) has taken an important step into the project “Eliminate Dengue”, a natural method to block dengue virus transmission in Aedes aegypti. On last September, scientists released in Tubinacanga – a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro – mosquitoes with the bacteria Wolbachia. Scientists can transfer Wolbachia from...

Souleymane Bah, a 47 year old missionary coming from Guinea, is being treated in the Institute of infectology Evandro Chagas, Fiocruz.

The online exhibition “Surviving and Thriving” tells the story of Aids from its first cases in the US, in the 80’s. It also shows personal stories and governmental campaigns. Available at the US National Library of Medicine website.

See the summary of the new edition of the Journal. The issue July-Sept is “Oceans and seas: history, science, policy”.

The Rondon Commission, headed by the lieutenant Cândido Rondon, aimed to integrate Brazil through a strategic telegraph line. Researcher from the commission documented indigenous culture and this gave rise to indigenist policies.

The II CHAM international Conference is seeking for panelists about Knowledge Transfer and Cultural Exchanges. The event will take place from 15-18 July 2015, in the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Proposals must consist of: • a panel title • name and email addresses of panel convenor or convenors • a short abstract of no more 300 characters • long...