Diseases

Political prisoner Ana Ibis Tristá denounces from prison that she "can barely walk"; the regime denies her medical attention

Former world boxing champion Bernardo Comas lives with senile dementia under the care of his mother in a house with leaking roofs in Camagüey

Baby Lores to her sick mother in Cuba: "I will do everything in my power to hold you."

The unusual warning from MINSAP regarding food preservation in Cuba

"I live with the threat of becoming partially blind": the confession of Ulises Toirac

Report of a garbage dump in Matanzas: "How far are we going to go?"

Luis Estévez, the street of Santos Suárez where a river of sewage runs

Zanja, another street in Havana drowning in garbage

Real or AI? Images of a man covered in mosquitoes in Batabanó raise doubts and alarm

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

A dumpster blocks the corner of downtown Matanzas: "Are our leaders blind?"

The regime itself acknowledges it: 2.7 million Cubans do not have access to drinking water or receive it intermittently due to power outages

Professor Julián Pérez Amarillo, a distinguished Cuban microbiologist, has passed away

Alert in Matanzas due to an increase in respiratory illnesses

Authorities report two deaths from nitrite poisoning in Holguín; one person in critical condition

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

A 10-month-old baby who suffered from dengue has died in Santiago de Cuba

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

Mayito Rivera welcomes Pedrito Calvo at the Havana airport: "The Horse of Los Van Van forever."

Cuba's Ministry of Health acknowledges an increase in contagious diseases and links it to the crisis in water and sanitation

Enormous dump grows next to the Malecón in Baracoa: residents report foul odors and pests

"It's sad to see this in Cuba with so many diseases": people rummaging through the trash in Havana

Pedrito Calvo's family clarifies his health status after suffering an incident during the trip to Panama

They are looking for help for a five-year-old boy with cerebral palsy and severe malnutrition in Ciego de Ávila

"Today he is serious": Los Van Van ask for a round of applause for Pedrito Calvo during the concert

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

Cuban family seeks blood donors for 24-year-old young man suffering from liver transplant rejection

Minsap acknowledges an increase in dengue, diarrhea, and respiratory illnesses amid sanitation issues

The number of fatalities in Florida and Louisiana due to the flesh-eating bacteria is increasing

Help is being sought for an 11-year-old girl who lives alone with her sick grandparents in Nuevitas

The FDA issues a maximum risk alert for thyroid pills in the U.S.

Dumpsters and indifference in Cuba: "The Great Stench," laments a Holguin writer

Florida is turning to fish that eat mosquito larvae to curb dengue

OPS brings tests and materials to Holguín to contain syphilis among pregnant women and adolescents

Holguín is facing outbreaks of Aedes aegypti with 50 fumigation machines donated by the OPS

Ciego de Ávila Diocese reports on the rapid deterioration of health of its emeritus bishop Mario Mestril

They are seeking help for a baby from Sancti Spíritus with a rare genetic skin disease

Dengue in Cuba exceeds the expected level by 7.4 times in 2026, and the peak usually occurs in October

Surprising strategy by a Cuban mother to protect her diabetic son's insulin during blackouts

Florida is experiencing a severe dengue outbreak and has confirmed its first death of the year

Residents of the Minfar 3 building, near the Plaza de la Revolución, report a garbage overflow

The Guantanamo municipality of Manuel Tames is on alert due to cases of fever and the proliferation of small dumpsites

A "tough, tough, tough" plague: new videos expose the uncontrollable garbage crisis in Havana

They are asking for help for a Cuban in a poverty situation in Trinidad who does not have access to his medications

Medical discharge granted to Cubans with food poisoning in Matanzas

Urgent help requested for critically ill child in hospital in San Cristóbal, Artemisa

The first mRNA-based flu vaccine has arrived at pharmacies in the U.S.: Who can receive it?

Alarm in Matanzas: Food poisoning outbreak affects 29 people, including 22 children

Pharmacists could administer the chikungunya vaccine in Florida

MINSAP updates the list of occupational diseases

Urgent help is requested for a 75-year-old woman who is alone caring for her daughter with cerebral palsy in Camagüey

Cuban in Boyeros reports possible water contamination and demands solutions

Health alert lifted in popular Florida park due to decrease in bacteria

The son of a Cuban cardiologist who went missing in Madrid has been arrested, and his possible involvement in the case is under investigation

Bacteria "come carne" causes a fourth death in Florida and has already recorded 21 cases in 2026

A single mother and her baby with a heart murmur are living in extreme poverty in Santiago de Cuba

The surgery that doctors were avoiding in Cuba and that changed a teenager's life in Miami

A Cuban shares that he was on the brink of death but was saved, and shares his testimony: "The doctors didn't count on me."

They are asking for help for a young Cuban with a brain tumor

A massive cloud of Saharan dust reaches Florida in September: here are its effects