Yoshinori Ohsumi wins Nobel prize in medicine

The Japanese cell biologist won the award for his pioneering work on autophagy – how the body’s cells detoxify and repair themselves.

Argentina declassification project

The U.S. government will release additional declassified documents over the next 18 months related to human rights abuses committed under Argentina’s dictatorship.

New issue of Social Medicine

The lead editorial features a discussion of Mexico’s healthcare system.

A film about women

In this touching documentary, Debora Diniz shows the dark reality of pregnant women expecting babies with microcephaly.

Rio workshop will debate the challenges facing interdisciplinary journals

1st International Workshop Challenges facing interdisciplinary journals: experiences from the United Kingdom, Brazil, and Latin America in history, the social sciences, and the humanities Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, 22-24 June 2016 In recent years, the editors and editorial staffs of interdisciplinary journals have faced a combination of old and new challenges...

Cooperation between Brazil, Cuba and Haiti

The Next issue of HCS-Manguinhos will discuss different aspects of the cooperation between these countries.

Ethics guidance on key issues raised by the Zika outbreak

The document released by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) presents recommendations on the domains of healthcare delivery and research.

A ‘new Right’ has appeared in the Brazilian political spectrum

The understanding of the current crisis can be traced to the first years of the 21st century. On the eve of Dilma Roussef’s impeachment, the website openDemocracy interviewed Arthur Ituassu.

Marcos Cueto and Steven Palmer win a LASA book award

The book “Medicine and Public Health in Latin America: A History”, has been declared the winner of this year’s book award by the Health, Science, and Technology section of Latin American Association, LASA.

Zika virus can cross the placenta at any stage of pregnancy

This recent research analyzed tissues of Brazilian pregnant women. One woman gave birth to a healthy baby despite the presence of the virus in her samples.