health

U.S. investigates latest case of a rare tropical disease

Published on: August 12, 2021
07:34

Washington, Aug 12 (Prensa Latina) Experts from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are investigating latest fatal cases of melioidosis, a rare tropical disease.

Macron shows concern about situation in French overseas territories

Published on: August 11, 2021
14:05

Paris, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday warned about the situation in overseas territories due to the spread of the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.

US is failing in fighting Covid-19

Published on: August 9, 2021
11:41

Washington, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) The director of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), Francis Collins, admitted that his country is failing in the fight against Covid-19, official media reported on Monday.

Panama praises Cuban doctors’ work

Published on: August 5, 2021
15:38

Panama, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) Cuban internationalist doctors changed the history of the Covid-19 pandemic in Panama, Minister of Health Luis Francisco Sucre acknowledged when seeing off the physicians who will return to Cuba on Thursday.

Cuban province reorganizes health system to curb Covid-19

Published on: August 4, 2021
14:07

Ciego de Avila, Cuba, Aug 4 (Prensa Latina) A reorganization of health systems is being undertaken on Wednesday in this central Cuban province, which reports most complicated situation in the country due to the high number of Covid-19 contagions and the dispersion of cases.

Cubans condemn attack on health center in Holguin

Published on: August 4, 2021
11:53

Havana, Aug 4 (Prensa Latina) Residents and authorities in Cacocum municipality, in the eastern Cuban province of Holguin, condemned an attack with rocks on a health center in that town.

Cuba reports 9,629 Covid-19 cases and 80 deaths

Published on: August 3, 2021
13:23

Havana, Aug 3 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) on Tuesday reported 9,629 new contagions with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes Covid-19, and 80 deaths in the past few hours due to complications from the disease.

FAO warns about African swine fever danger in the Americas

Published on: August 3, 2021
12:15

Santiago de Chile, Aug 3 (Prensa Latina) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Monday warned all nations about recent detection of the first case of African swine fever (ASF) in the Americas.

LatAm, Caribbean face avalanche of worsening health issues, PAHO says

Published on: July 29, 2021
07:22

Washington, Jul 29 (Prensa Latina) The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted essential health services in in Latin America and the Caribbean, threatening immunization of children and care of expectant mothers and people with chronic conditions, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa F. Etienne warned.

Ethiopia, Cuba’s willingness to increase ties stands out

Published on: July 23, 2021
07:15

Addis Ababa, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) The Governments of Ethiopia and Cuba debated some ways to transform, diversify and increase their ties in the health and education sectors, mass media of the African nation highlighted on Friday.

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