Por primera vez en su historia, la Provincia de la Pampa, Argentina, ha declarado una cuarentena epidémica. María Silvia Di Liscia (CONICET-Universidad Nacional de La Pampa) analiza los brotes epidémicos de viruela, fiebre amarilla y cólera en la región.

Our first issue of 2020 presents a historiographical review of the history of women, science, and medicine.

El tema principal de la entrevista de Marcos Cueto es la pandemia de Covid-19 en el contexto del capitalismo, neoliberalismo y globalización.

Esteban Rodríguez Ocaña, Catedrático jubilado de Historia de la Ciencia en la Universidad de Granada y miembro del Consejo Asesor de HCS-Manguinhos, explora las características sociales de las epidemias.

The virus may close borders, but the humanities are mobilizing. The MPIWG has developed a portal that brings to the fore various insights for international cooperation and academic work in times of crisis.

Paper from SSRN constructs a unique database on socioeconomic and health outcomes for all districts in São Paulo using historical and contemporary documents.

In order to understand healthcare assistance in nineteenth century Brazil, Rogério Siqueira and Maria Renilda Barreto examine the Zona da Mata region in the state of Minas Gerais.

The 3rd International Conference of the Quarantine Studies Network will take place in Lisbon, 28-29 May 2020.

Francieli Lunelli Santos and José Augusto Leandro examine the family profiles of women holding key decision-making positions in health policy concerning leprosy from the mid-1920s to the late 1940s.

Read our selection of articles and useful links on epidemic diseases that may be helpful in dealing with the Covid-19 crisis.