Health care

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

85-year-old woman hospitalized in Camagüey: “I spend the night sleepless because of the bedbugs.”

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

No nurse to administer an injection: report 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 more than 70 daily deaths from cancer and blames the embargo for the lack of medications

CBS News documents from Havana the healthcare and electricity collapse: doctors without medicine and power outages 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

Osmani García reveals that he was unable to go to Cuba to bury his cousin, who passed away after a cesarean section at Ameijeiras

Rolando Zaldívar enters a rehabilitation center for the second time

The U.S. promotes a $61.5 million plan for the Caribbean to hire doctors with direct salaries

The U.S. announces $340.3 million for connectivity, health, and security in the Caribbean and Central America

The number of fever cases is rising in Matanzas: five municipalities account for the highest number of affected individuals

Belize postpones the decision on the Cuban medical mission and aims for late October

Errors reported that leave eligible immigrants without Medicaid in Florida

Today marks the start of open enrollment for Medicare 2027: where to find free assistance in Spanish in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach

More than 20 teenagers hospitalized for poisoning at a high school in Contramaestre

The U.S. declares a public health emergency in Florida and Alabama following Hurricane Isaias: What changes for Medicare and Medicaid?

IRS presents new Obamacare rules: what happens with the overpaid subsidies

The U.S. withdraws Obamacare subsidies from 189,000 people: who might lose assistance?

The older brother of Pope Leo XIV also has cancer: he is receiving treatment in Florida

Cárdenas Hospital without electricity: reports of transfer of intensive care patients to Matanzas

Pope Leo XIV was successfully operated on for a malignant tumor in his lung, reports the Vatican

Denial of collapse at the pediatric hospital in Matanzas: "We are not in a moment of epidemic."

Four dead and 79 violations of rights in Cuban prisons in September, according to the Cuban Prison Documentation Center

Update on the condition of the injured in the Manzanillo fire: both remain critical and serious, but stable

Filmmaker Juan Carlos Cremata: "In Cuba, they don't care about the living, just imagine the dead."

Pope Leo XIV announces that he will undergo surgery for a nodule in his lung

Images from a dental clinic in Camagüey raise questions about healthcare conditions

Cubalex reports 12 deaths in custody of the Cuban regime in September

Three municipalities complicate the epidemiological situation in Las Tunas, and the fumigation is progressing with limitations

"Private medical practice is not permitted": Public Health in Cuba responds to controversy in Camagüey

The lack of condoms exacerbates teenage pregnancy in Cuba

Research on corruption in Cuban health wins the Roche Award 2026 for Written Journalism

Medical team from Pinar del Río saves the life of a young woman with a ruptured ectopic pregnancy during an emergency operation in Mantua

The prosecution requests 12 years in prison for Maradona's doctor, describing his care as "the most deficient and reckless of all time."

Former world boxing champion Bernardo Comas is living with senile dementia under the care of his mother in a house with leaks in Camagüey

"I'm living with the threat of becoming partially blind": the confession of Ulises Toirac

What does the state of emergency in Florida mean and how does it affect you: medicines, prices, tolls, and shelters

The payment of 90 dollars to Medicare beneficiaries begins: why are many Cubans in South Florida excluded?

Uruguay breaks away from the Havana model: Cuban doctors will receive their salaries directly, the minister assures

Firefighters rescue 11 people trapped by the rising waters of the Cayo Guan River in Moa, Holguín

Coral Gables approves expansion of the University of Miami: new 100-bed hospital and 4,500 additional students

Florida records fifth death from rare "flesh-eating" bacteria in 2026

UN allocates 160 million dollars for humanitarian crises in Cuba and a dozen countries

Where was the SIUM? Eight hours waiting for an ambulance, and an elderly person died after arriving at the hospital in Isla de la Juventud

Alert in Matanzas due to an increase in respiratory illnesses

Thousands of migrants in Florida may lose Medicaid starting October 1: who is at risk?

Authorities report two fatalities due to nitrite intoxication in Holguín; one person in critical condition

Thousands of immigrants will lose Medicaid in Illinois: Cubans are among those exempted

Former Italian Deputy Alessandro Di Battista reveals the reason for his hospitalization in Cuba and shares how he underwent surgery

Cuba: the tragedy of Aniari Barrientos and the collapse of the healthcare system

A 10-month-old baby who was suffering from dengue has been reported deceased in Santiago de Cuba

Minsap alerts about the circulation of chikungunya in Cuba and points out territories with higher incidence

A Cuban woman needs surgery, but they are asking her to provide even the IV fluid and the catheter: "Where am I supposed to find that?"

"Oh, my holy God, come down from heaven and see this": Neighbors dismantle official publication about ambulance in Mayabeque

CUPET updates the status of the six workers injured in the Havana fire: four are already at home

First percutaneous nephrolithotomy in a pediatric hospital in Pinar del Río

Without electricity to sterilize, administer aerosols, or take X-rays: critical situation reported at the polyclinic in Havana

Dengue hits three municipalities in Santiago de Cuba as fever cases rise