The article “Slave mortality during the cholera epidemic in Rio de Janeiro (1855-1856): a preliminary analysis,” discusses the social impact of the disease in Brazilian society.

Kapil Raj, historian of science at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, discussed the construction of science in intercultural encounters at Fiocruz.

After lecturing on the therapeutic revolution at Casa de Oswaldo Cruz’s History seminar Encontro às Quintas, Jeremy Greene gave us an interview.

In the opinion of Luciane Ouriques Ferreira, health professionals and communities need to work together

“It is up to us now to plant the flowers of a Brazilian spring in the asphalt of the streets, for winter has lasted too long in these sunny tropics,” states UFF professor Marcelo Badaró Mattos.

“It was a beautiful demonstration, spontaneous and very concerned with making its peaceful intentions clear and with rebuffing the small groups that intended to resort to violence and that stood sharply apart in the crowds,” says HCSM science editor Jaime Benchimol.

In the opinion of André Felipe Cândido da Silva, Rocha Lima failed to gain fame because of his ties to German medicine, which continued even during the Nazi era.