Ebola vaccine trial proves 100% successful in Guinea

Rapid development and testing of drug may bring current epidemic in west Africa to an end and control future outbreaks, experts say.

Secrets of stars unlocked through aluminium

Findings by University of York scientists provide insight into the role massive stars play in the evolution of the Milky Way and the origins of the Solar System.

Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners to depict legacies of slave-ownership

Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners, a documentary looking at the abolition of slavery in Great Britain is based on an online database project; free, publicly available resource.

2015 Bulletin of the World Health Organization now available online

The 2015 edition of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization is now available online.

Workshop on tropical diseases to be webcasted live

The workshop is part of the project Policies and Practices of Public Health in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Historical Perspective.

Digitalizan en Chile archivo sobre jesuitas en América

El archivo ya está disponible para todos los interesados y se consolida como una importante fuente de información histórica.

The Journey to Universal Health Coverage

‘Health for All: The Journey to Universal Health Coverage’, based on the 2014 WHO Global Health Histories seminar series, has now been published and is available for download.

Call for symposia proposals on 25th ICHST 2017

The 25th International Congress of History of Science, and Technology in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will be the first one to be held in the Southern Hemisphere.

A new book series underlines current tensions on Digital Humanities

Encompassing technologies, research methods, opportunities for collaborative scholarship and open-source peer review, and innovative ways of sharing knowledge and teaching, DH promises to transform the liberal arts and the university.

Eduardo Galeano, leading voice of Latin American left, dies aged 74

Best known for his 1971 book Open Veins of Latin America, the Uruguayan writer and journalist was one of the region’s noted anti-capitalist voices.