cancer

Cambodia Refutes Link Between COVID-19 Vaccines and Cancer

Published on: October 6, 2025
08:51

Phnom Penh, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) Cambodia denied reports linking COVID-19 vaccines to an increased risk of cancer and reiterated the lack of evidence to support this claim, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Panama promotes scientific program against cancer

Published on: August 5, 2025
12:40

Panama City, August 5 (Prensa Latina) Panama is promoting the Science Against Cancer Program (PC3), an initiative signed by leading health authorities to promote cancer research and innovation, it was reported.

Lack of equipment in the fight against cancer warned in Jamaica

Published on: April 2, 2025
16:10

Kingston, Apr 2 (Prensa Latina) The shortage of equipment to perform CT scans and MRIs affects the efforts of health authorities to fight cancer in Jamaica.

Former Uruguayan President Jose Mujica says cancer has spread

Published on: January 9, 2025
10:43

Montevideo, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) Former Uruguayan President José Mujica revealed that the cancer diagnosed in his esophagus has spread to his liver, according to the weekly Brecha.

Alcohol linked to 20,000 US cancer deaths a year

Published on: January 4, 2025
09:09

Washington, Jan 4 (Prensa Latina) Alcohol is now responsible for approximately 100,000 cases of cancer and 20,000 deaths a year from that cause in the United States, according to data circulating in local media.

New laboratory benefits cancer patients in Cuba

Published on: December 7, 2024
00:16

Santa Clara, Cuba, Dec 7 (Prensa Latina) The immunohistochemistry laboratory in the central province of Villa Clara, the first in Cuba outside of Havana, is working to expand its services and maintain the quality indicators recorded since its opening in July 2024.

Nicaragua at the forefront of the fight against cancer in Central America

Published on: November 10, 2024
10:28

Managua, Nov 10 (Prensa Latina) Nicaragua is today at the forefront in the fight against cancer in the Central American region, thanks to government policies to reduce this disease.

Uruguay to expand coverage for cancer treatments

Published on: September 11, 2024
18:07

Montevideo, Sep 11 (Prensa Latina) The Uruguayan Government has decided to extend coverage for medicines and treatments for different types of cancer.

Cuba confirms registration of vaccine against lung cancer in Belarus

Published on: July 14, 2024
12:59

Havana, Jul 14 (Prensa Latina) The registration in Belarus of the first therapeutic vaccine against lung cancer shows the results that Cuba’s biotechnology and pharmaceutical sector is reaping today, despite the United States blockade, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez stated on Sunday.

WHO succeeds in evacuating children with cancer from Gaza

Published on: June 27, 2024
16:42

Geneva, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) A score of children suffering from cancer managed to leave the Gaza Strip on Thursday through the Kerem Shalom crossing in an operation coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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