Among other topics, this issue analyze the successes and failures of the Chilean healthcare system under the AUGE plan in rural areas.

Brazilian deforestation is estimated to have fallen 18 per cent this year, but this may be misleading, say experts.

Raul Necochea provides a novel perspective on population-control programs and discusses the role of the many actors, such as US bilateral aid, Catholic and Protestant churches.

This online collection provides information on diseases and epidemics worldwide, and is organized around significant “episodes” of contagious disease.

GUEST EDITOR’S NOTE · text in English | Portuguese ANALYSIS Between seas and continents: aspects of the scientific career of Hermann von Ihering, 1850-1930 Lopes, Maria Margaret; Podgorny, Irina · abstract in English | Portuguese     · text in English | Portuguese Commercial fishing and the study of marine fauna in Argentina,...

Podcast interview with Roberto Bertollini, from the World Health Organization, about their strategy to control ebola.

Alejandro Martínez, de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata, habla sobre la historia de la fotografía subacuática y su importancia en la ciencia.

Research provides evidence for architecture’s power to induce meditation.

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

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.