Cassia Roth, from the History Department at the University of California, Los Angeles, explains the connection between state policies towards reproduction in early-twentieth-century Brazil and the current situation in women’s reproductive health.

Specialists claim that researches and academic circles should be better employed in the fight against Ebola.

Marine worms reveal surprising strategies for adapting to the cold, dark waters off the Brazilian coast.

The app allows users to try their hand at transcribing 26 manuscripts on their smartphones.

El investigador Mariano Plotkin, autor de libros sobre psicoanálisis, habla de los desafíos de editar en Argentina una revista sobre los llamados “saberes psi”.

For thousands of years artists have played a special role in the human quest to understand anatomy, health and disease. This book celebrates their art.

In this interview to HCSM, the specialist in oceans Helen Rozwadowski talks about her professional trajectory and about the sea as a subject of history.

Miércoles, 5 de noviembre. Auditório Emilio Croizet, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile.

In its latest issue, topics include: eating disorders in Mexico, tuberculosis in the Chiapas region, malnutrition in Colombia and nuclear testing in Micronesia.

Gabriel Passetti analyses the writings of Robert FitzRoy about Brazil. The captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin’s expedition was against slavery and critical of Brazilian economic and social structures.