VACCINES

Outbreak of dengue cases in Brazil in first weeks of 2024

Published on: January 30, 2024
10:33

Brasilia, Jan 30 (Prensa Latina) Brazil registered in the first three weeks of 2024 more than 120,000 cases of dengue fever, a number that almost triples the notifications in the same period last year (44, 752).

Mexico receives the first 2.8 million Cuban Abdala vaccines

Published on: January 29, 2024
00:30

Mexico, Jan 29 (Prensa Latina) Mexico’s Secretariat of Health confirmed in a press release on Sunday that they had received the first batch of 2.8 million doses of Cuban-made Covid-19 Abdala vaccines in 2024.

Uruguay needs more vaccines against equine encephalitis

Published on: January 16, 2024
10:59

Montevideo, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (MGAP) of Uruguay demands today budget reinforcement for the purchase of vaccines against equine encephalitis, which continues to increase in Uruguay.

Dominican MSP calls on locals to be alert for new JN.1 variant

Published on: December 22, 2023
15:53

Santo Domingo, Dec 22 (Prensa Latina) Dominican Public Health Minister (MSP) Daniel Rivera on Friday urged nationals to remain alert in order to prevent JN.1 variant of Covid-19.

WHO prequalifies second malaria vaccine

Published on: December 21, 2023
16:47

Geneva, Dec 21 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Thursday that it added the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine to its prequalified list, the second after the RTS,S/AS01 it obtained in July 2022.

PAHO and Mexico reject campaign against Cuba’s Abdala vaccine

Published on: November 29, 2023
13:10

Mexico, Nov 29 (Prensa Latina) The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Secretariat of Health of Mexico City rejected a campaign against Cuba's homemade Abdala vaccine and others in favor of the so-called updated antigens.

Outstanding Cuban expert in biomedical sciences is welcomed in Italy (+Photos)

Published on: October 27, 2023
14:02

Rome, Oct 27 (Prensa Latina) Dr. Gerardo Guillén, director of Biomedical Research at Cuba's Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB), was welcomed on Friday at the “Lazzaro Spallanzani” National Institute of Infectious Diseases (INMI) of Italy.

Paraguay to sue Covax responsible for unshipped vaccines

Published on: September 15, 2023
14:14

Asunción, Sep 15 (Prensa Latina) The Paraguayan Attorney General's Office announced that the State could sue those responsible for the Covax mechanism for failing to comply with a shipment of vaccines against Covid-19 estimated at 5.6 million dollars.

Cuba owes Fidel Castro its high rates of scientific development

Published on: August 10, 2023
08:43

Havana, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) Like no statesman or political leader, even worldwide, Fidel Castro promoted the development of science, research and technology for the good of his country and humanity with projects that were practically impossible in underdeveloped countries.

Vaccines could avert AMR deaths a year – WHO

Published on: July 28, 2023
14:33

Geneva, Jul 28 (Prensa Latina) Globally there are 4.95 million deaths per year associated with antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Low- and middle-income countries bear the burden of drug-resistant infections, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported.

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