Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science, of UFMG, welcomes articles that discuss, from a Wittgensteinian point of view, different approaches to the history and philosophy of science as well as science education.

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In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the congress that was to be held in Prague on July 25-31, 2021 will be held online.

Salvador Allende es una figura importante de la medicina social chilena. Este trabajo problematiza la relación entre Allende y el médico alemán Max Westenhöfer.

The disputed race for the vaccine against the new coronavirus is the topic explored by Marcos Cueto, scientific editor of HCS-Manguinhos, in the Editor’s note of its new issue.

The new issue of HCS-Manguinhos features studies that demonstrate the importance of history for understanding the present.

Climate change, pollution, global warming and Anthropocene are terms that can also be used by historians. This interview with Warwick Anderson and James Dunk, researchers of the history department at the University of Sydney, explains what is Planetary Health.

It addresses regional dynamics in health diplomacy between 1920 and 1960. The article explores the alignments, divergences, and outcomes with respect to the strategies and policies pursued by colonial powers and independent African states.

This NLM exhibition explores 200 years of mental health treatment in the United States, from asylums prison-like to a more inclusive treatment.

“La experiencia con la Covid-19 nos muestra los límites de una actuación global cuando no existe una institución global”. Esteban Rodríguez Ocaña, catedrático jubilado de Historia de la Ciencia de la Universidad de Granada, discute el papel de la OMS en la Europa de la posguerra y en esta pandemia de Covid-19.