Readers will find articles that explore different aspects of disease: stigmatization, medical discourse and the role of media.

HCSM recently announced two calls for papers to two different dossiers, one on the history of homeopathy in Latin America and the other on philanthropy an the state.

HCSM convoca a todos los académicos que estudian las prácticas homeopáticas a enviar sus artículos para un dossier especial.

In this present issue we begin a new section: historiographical reviews.

It explores the technological innovations designed to alleviate the suffering of those impacted by war.

Editors discuss the potential of social media for scientific journals .

It features a dossier on different aspects of the cooperation between these countries, including knowledge transfer, epidemiology and Haitian immigration.

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

El sitio web de la Biblioteca Nacional de Chile reúne informaciones sobre la lucha contra las epidemias durante la Colonia.

In the editor’s note of the new issue of HCSM, Marcos Cueto and André Cândido da Silva recall the tragic events of 2015, such as the Paris attacks, and stress the impact of the Internet on political participation.