José Ángel Portal Miranda

José Ángel Portal MirandaPhoto © Granma

José Ángel Portal Miranda is a Cuban doctor born in Cuba in 1968 who has served as Minister of Public Health since July 21, 2018. Portal Miranda is a First and Second Degree specialist in Comprehensive General Medicine, a Second Degree specialist in Health Organization and Administration, and holds a Master's degree in Satisfactory Longevity.…

Cuba intensifies medication rationing due to severe shortages

The regime "experiments" with the state budget: ambulances and the privatization of public services

The patrols are not lacking: Díaz-Canel leads event for the anniversary of the PNR

Doctor's Day in Cuba: Between Sacrifice and the Crisis of the Health System

Dr. Jorge González Pérez, a renowned specialist in Forensic Medicine, has passed away

Hurricane Rafael causes significant damage to hospitals in Artemisa

The desperate cry for help from a Cuban patient who underwent femur surgery and has bedsores

Young Cuban doctor with Oropouche virus encephalitis remains in serious condition but shows signs of improvement

The government confirms that the shortage of medications in pharmacies in Cuba will continue

This is how the hospital in Cienfuegos is: "Turned into a pigsty."

Díaz-Canel calls for filling the squares to celebrate the resilience of the people

Mexico promises to elevate medical collaboration with Cuba "to the fullest."

Doctor challenges the Cuban regime: "They don't have qualified specialists for organ transplants."

Cuban government reports dengue transmission in eight provinces

Cuban young woman with a strange ailment seeks help to obtain a diagnosis

Euthanasia is excluded from the new Public Health Law in Cuba

The Cuban government seeks gas, wheat, and fertilizers in Turkmenistan

A delegation from the Cuban government travels to Russia to "broaden and strengthen relations."

The Cuban government acknowledges the public health crisis and claims a lack of foreign currency to address it

Public Health in Cuba only has 39.6% of ambulances available for emergencies

The Cuban government sends doctors to Turkey and Syria

Cuba's Minister of Health calls for solutions to maintain care for the population

Cuba is preparing to approve euthanasia

Cuba seeks to increase the dispatch of doctors to Caribbean islands

Cuban government approves regulations for assisted reproduction and solidarity gestation

Dengue transmission persists in all Cuban provinces

Cuban government confirms dengue transmission in all provinces

Manuel Marrero: "Today, the primary dangers are concentrated around dengue."

Lack of raw materials affects the production of natural medicine in Las Tunas

The number of hospitalized due to the fire at the Supertanqueros in Matanzas drops to 17

Authorities confirm the discovery of more bone fragments of the missing in the Matanzas fire

Fire in industrial area of Matanzas: 19 injured remain hospitalized

Legal Medicine teams in Matanzas will identify the bodies of those who died in the fire

The number of injuries in the fire in Matanzas rises to 128

Anthropologists and forensic medicine experts analyze the search for missing persons following the fire in Matanzas

Twenty-four people injured in the Matanzas fire remain hospitalized: five in critical condition and three seriously injured

17 firefighters missing after fire at Supertankers Base in Matanzas

Cuba reports dengue transmission in 11 provinces

Cuba reports more cases of dengue in one week than in the entire first half of the year

Health Minister denies collapse of the healthcare system due to dengue: "These are specific organizational issues."

Díaz-Canel urges Cubans to avoid mosquito bites

Infant mortality in Cuba was 7.3 during the first half of 2022

Cuban Health Minister: Medication Shortage Will Not Be Resolved in the Short Term

Cuban government reports over three thousand cases of dengue as of June

Las Tunas Pediatric Hospital Cafeteria: Only whole seasoning available

Dengue transmission confirmed in six Cuban provinces

The Cuban government aims to ensure that at least 61% of basic medicines are produced domestically

The Minister of Health assures that Cuba has controlled the coronavirus pandemic thanks to its "social justice system."

Cuba currently has no cases of acute hepatitis in children of unknown origin

The Health Minister assures that COVID did not catch Cuba by surprise: "We acted without improvisation."

Three Cuban provinces maintain high rates of coronavirus infections

Japan donates over five million dollars in medical equipment to Cuba

Cuba restricts COVID-19 testing to individuals with respiratory symptoms

Government anticipates an increase in COVID-19 cases in Cuba; Omicron variant is predominant

Coronavirus cases in Cuba increase by more than a thousand percent in January

The government admits that 2021 was a "hard" year for health in Cuba

Government reports 72 people with the Omicron variant in Cuba

96.5% of Cubans between the ages of two and 18 received a Covid-19 vaccine

Coronavirus on the rise in Pinar del Río: Over 11,000 infections in the past week

Cuban Health Minister visits relatives of doctors kidnapped in Kenya and assures that "we are working tirelessly" for their return