Public health

Minsap reports an increase in dengue, diarrhea, and respiratory diseases amid health problems

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

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

Holguín is tackling outbreaks of Aedes aegypti with 50 fumigation teams donated by the PAHO

She was born at just 26 weeks, fought for 138 days, and Aurora is finally home in Holguín

Uruguay seeks to pay Cuban doctors directly

66 years later, the CDR is still asking for blood: The story behind "voluntary donations" in Cuba

Cubana issues an SOS for San Miguel de los Baños and reports over a month without electricity or communications

New details about the 17 Haitians found on the shores of Santiago de Cuba

More than 167,000 pounds of meat produced without federal inspection and with a forged seal have been removed from the market in the U.S.

"The medical power has gone to waste": Cuban doctor denounces the ordeal of caring for her baby

Family sues Publix after woman dies from allegedly eating blueberries contaminated with E. coli

This is how they transport an elderly woman due to a lack of a wheelchair at the Amalia Simoni Hospital in Camagüey

Police operation in Matanzas uncovers alleged hoarding of high-demand medications

Food product recalled at Walmart due to possible listeria contamination: Do you have it in your freezer?

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

Medical discharge granted to Cubans with food poisoning in Matanzas

"Here we have it": official press in Guantánamo boasts of a maternity home while the province records a critical infant mortality rate

Only 15% of the residents of Matanzas without water benefit from new infrastructure restored by linemen in Matanzas

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

A Cuban woman erupts in frustration over being unable to vaccinate her granddaughter: "If the polyclinic were privately owned, this would have been resolved already."

Díaz-Canel visits the William Soler Pediatric Cardiocenter, and Cubans are asking: "What do these visits achieve?"

Pharmacists could administer the chikungunya vaccine in Florida

This is what the bathroom of the maternity ward at the Lenin Hospital in Holguín looks like

"Can take your life": toxicologist warns about the consumption of Shaka in Cuba

MINSAP updates the list of occupational diseases

Holguín is processing around 15 applications for private pharmacies, but none have opened yet

The MINSAP regulates occupational medical exams for Cuban workers

Minsap tightens control over doctors and technicians with new regulations for practicing in Cuba

Cuban in Boyeros reports potential water contamination and demands solutions

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

Las Tunas Hospital reports a new outbreak of bedbugs in the psychiatry ward: "It was detected again two days ago."

They report terrible sanitary conditions in the emergency room of the Orlando Pantoja Tamayo hospital in Contramaestre

Cuban woman reports sale of nearly expired medications at state pharmacy: "Where were those drugs?"

Cuban journalists' investigation on health privatization in the island a finalist for the Roche Award

A private micro, small, and medium-sized enterprise will manage the waste in the Historic Center of Camagüey due to the crisis in communal services

Dengue out of control in Guantánamo: three municipalities experiencing active transmission of the disease and hotspots throughout the province

Cosmetics, diapers, natural juices, and even fruit salad: the offerings of a new pharmacy in Holguín

“Without electricity, without drinking water”: Hemodialysis patients in Maisí report precarious conditions and call for help

Public, private, or mixed? Cubans deserve a quality healthcare system

They use a nail repair machine to relieve a toothache in the middle of a blackout: "This is the medical power in Cuba."

The Cuban government establishes new animal health regulations and strengthens veterinary controls across the country

Neighbors in Santiago de Cuba report a house filled with garbage and rats for the past six years: "This is called Diogenes Syndrome."

"My humble contribution": restaurant owner provides free meals to on-duty doctors at hospital in Holguín

This is the state of the bathrooms in the surgery room of the provincial hospital of Camagüey

Frozen blueberries sold at Walmart recalled due to risk of E. coli contamination

Videos show the streets of Havana overflowing with filth: rubbish is swallowing up the "Marvelous City."

The Pediatric Hospital of Las Tunas promotes coconut water and homemade formulas in response to the shortage of rehydration salts and the increase in arboviral diseases

Government acknowledges issues with waste management while warning of increased dengue cases in Isle of Youth

Two Florida residents sentenced for $34.8 million Medicare fraud

Guantánamo reports alarming infant mortality rates, and the PCC demands "immediate" measures

"How long will the incompetence in Artemisa last?" A street buried in trash outrages the residents

Unión de Reyes reports 154 cases of fever due to an increase in arboviral diseases and limitations in fumigation

Los Sitios, another neighborhood in Havana caught between trash and neglect

Dengue cases are rising in South Florida: Over 200 statewide

Dengue type 4 circulates in Las Tunas: children, pregnant women, and the elderly among the most vulnerable

They are seeking help for a young pregnant woman who urgently needs medication in Camagüey

Families report that the Lenin Vocational School will start the school year without potable water and with 400 missing mattresses

Lack of cotton prevents treatment for a girl with a toothache at the polyclinic in Baracoa

"‘We also get sick on weekends’: over 300 residents in Mexico request that a Cuban doctor stays."