Health care

"My father did not deserve to die": Cuban denounces neglect at the Cárdenas Hospital

Medical negligence reported after the death of the husband of the mother of a political prisoner from July 11 in Cuba

Díaz-Canel: "Health is a central social achievement of the country, and for that reason, it cannot be neglected."

Hospital in Matanzas justifies the collapse of a false ceiling in a room and accuses those who spread the images of manipulation

Political prisoner Jorge Bello returned to prison without being examined after a transfer to the hospital, his mother reports

Portal Miranda admits to serious failures in Cuban hospitals, but asserts that it has not closed any institution

Forty Cuban seniors, several of whom have been deported from the U.S., will have to leave a shelter in Mexico

Detergent instead of natural remedies: The decline of a historic pharmacy in Sancti Spíritus

"‘Did they take you to the bathrooms, did you see the ambulances?’: Cubans confront Díaz-Canel after he boasted about his visit to William Soler hospital."

Cubans receive medical care at a church in Havana

Cuban from Hialeah with advanced cancer dies after months detained by ICE: He was released 48 hours before passing away

It is recommended not to swim at Crandon Park South beach after dangerous levels of bacteria have been detected

Obamacare 2027: Government promises insurance for $50 a month, but premiums will rise by an average of 13%

Amnesty International demands the release of Donaida Pérez and Loreto Hernández and calls for medical attention

Florida state employees: today is the deadline to change health insurance for 2027

Leprosy in Cuba: Santiago and Guantánamo accounted for half of the new cases in 2025

Hemodialysis patients report poor care in Contramaestre

"In the hospital, there was also no plaster": they report a lack of materials to treat a child in Matanzas

Cuba's health registry recorded 3,729 fewer doctors in 2025

Individual health insurance in Florida: average premiums for 2027 would increase by 10.4% before subsidies

More than 3,000 patients are awaiting surgery in Guantánamo, including over 300 cancer patients

Kevincito El 13 and Dany Ome speak to their fans from a hospital in the U.S.: "We hadn't mentioned anything, but..."

MINSAP warns about early signs of leprosy: "Cases are diagnosed in Cuba every year."

Premature mortality in Cuba: what the official figures show by disease

Obamacare: they propose to verify data before granting subsidies starting in 2028

Cuban nurses must keep newborns alive with their own hands during power outages in Holguín

The U.S. approves an immunotherapy that could prevent surgery in certain cases of rectal cancer

Cuban musician fears for the life of his aunt detained by ICE in Texas: "We are not asking for privileges, just humanity."

The Las Tunas factory has not produced sterilized surgical gloves since 2017

Health alert in Matanzas due to the sale of salt of unknown origin

Cuban designer in Mexico shares how she copes with breast cancer with family support

Cuban doctor carries a child on his back after operating on him in Pinar del Río: the beautiful reason behind the gesture

“Health cannot depend on luck”: Lack of resources to care for a patient at the hospital in Isla de la Juventud is reported

Cuban nurse with over 20 years of experience explains why she traded the hospital for a restaurant

Sheinbaum denies that Cuban doctors in Mexico earn more than Mexican doctors and asserts that their hiring is "direct."

Cuban denounces mosquito breeding ground in Baracoa hospital while her grandson waits for transfer due to lack of fuel

Update on the health status of those injured in the Matanzas accident

Healers in the face of hospital collapse: Cubans abroad pay via Zelle to a "healer" from Artemisa who promises to cure cancer

Report: newborns in old chairs due to lack of beds in the maternity hospital of Camagüey

The U.S. approves Hibsago, a new treatment for hepatitis B that could allow patients to stop antiviral medication

"‘I hardly tell the story’: Andy Vázquez ends up hospitalized urgently after a health crisis."

"As if a pain could be relieved with dollars": state newspaper targets private medicine in Cuba

Cuban marathon runner from Miami survives thanks to a heart transplant after a rare myocarditis

New generic treatment for menopause receives FDA approval in the United States

FDA warns of counterfeit eye drops in Hispanic stores in Florida and Georgia

Broward will offer free menstrual products in at least seven schools

Bedbug infestation reported at the maternity hospital in Matanzas: "And this is how they expect the population to grow."

Triplets are born at the Abel Santamaría Hospital in Pinar del Río

Cuban doctor reveals why many colleagues leave the profession to work in small and medium-sized enterprises (mipymes)

Florida clarifies which vaccines will no longer be mandatory for school entry: here are the four that will be removed and those that will remain

They are seeking help for a Cuban father and his four children after the death of his wife

Sancti Spíritus reports 236 pregnancies among minors under 18, raising alarms

Specialist warns about the risk to hematological and immunological patients due to the increase in arboviruses

85-year-old woman admitted to a hospital in Camagüey: “I spend the night without sleeping because of the bedbugs”

Nine months of abandonment for kidney patients in Villa Clara, while authorities continue to be unresponsive

No nurse to administer an injection: complaints about lack of care for sick children at the Pediatric Hospital in Matanzas

Pope Leo XIV leaves the hospital four days after his lung cancer surgery

The Cuban government admits to over 70 daily cancer-related deaths and blames the embargo for the lack of medications

CBS News documents from Havana the healthcare and electricity collapse: doctors without medicines and blackouts for almost the entire day

An 83-year-old woman with a hip fracture is transported in a horse-drawn cart to receive medical attention in Guamá