Public health

Garbage crisis in Holguín: residents report total neglect by the authorities

A school in Camagüey is closed due to bedbugs following complaints from children's parents

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

The FDA proposes to change nutrients in infant formula: there will be no immediate changes in WIC

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 share the images of manipulation

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

The strain of the salmonella outbreak has been found in oysters from a company that distributed to Florida

In Camagüey, even the headquarters of Hygiene and Epidemiology is not exempt from the waste crisis

A rodent infestation threatening homes and a food production facility in Havana has been reported

"Did they take you to the restrooms, did you see the ambulances?": Cubans confront Díaz-Canel after he boasts about visiting the William Soler hospital

Drilling a well in Las Tunas costs 20,000 pesos per meter and does not even guarantee finding water

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

Cinnamon from Wise Wife sold in 14 states recalled due to possible lead contamination

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

"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

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

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

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

"Health cannot depend on luck": lack of resources to care for a patient at a hospital in Isla de la Juventud is denounced

"And where are the medications? Irony and criticism over the offers from a pharmacy in Holguín."

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

Cuban woman reports mosquito breeding ground at Baracoa hospital while her grandson awaits transfer due to lack of fuel

Trash blocks the entrance of a house in Matanzas, forcing neighbors to clear away the debris

Alert in Holguín due to possible presence of the giant African snail in urban areas

Biological and sharp waste is accumulating uncontrollably at the Bejucal polyclinic due to bureaucratic obstacles

Guantánamo bets on five tricycles to clean its streets, but residents doubt their impact

Broward will offer free menstrual products in at least seven schools

Official newspaper proposes that residents of Havana pay 100 pesos for garbage collection due to the decline in state service

Sancti Spíritus reports 236 pregnancies among minors under 18, raising alarm bells

Tick inside a cheese? Hygiene issues reported in the transportation and sale of food in Havana

85-year-old woman hospitalized in Camagüey: "I spend the night without sleeping because of the bedbugs."

Report of the expansion of an improvised landfill in front of a 12-story building in Holguín

Nine months of neglect for kidney patients in Villa Clara, while the authorities remain unresponsive

The Cuban government admits to more than 70 daily deaths from cancer and blames the embargo for the lack of medications

A wall of garbage at the foot of a crumbling building: that's how dirty the Havana street Belascoaín is

CBS News documents from Havana the health and electrical collapse: doctors without medicine and blackouts lasting almost the entire day

Until when? Accumulated garbage reported next to residential buildings in Holguín

Electrical overload causes fire in the hemodialysis room of the Bayamo hospital

Cárdenas Hospital Without Electricity: Report Patients from Intensive Care Transferred to Matanzas

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

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

Health crisis: Illegal gold mining in Las Tunas may be causing diseases related to mercury poisoning

Solidarity networks distribute free medicines in Havana amid scarcity

Trash invades beach in Mayabeque: "How long are we going to normalize this?"

Murky water and diarrheal diseases raise alarms in Santiago de Cuba

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

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

The DEA is reviewing regulations to control 7-OH and other opioids linked to kratom

Governor of Guantánamo calls attention to the mayor and Public Works for the dumps and neglect of the city

Investigation into corruption in Cuban health wins the Roche Award 2026 for Written Journalism

Uruguay is now paying Cuban doctors directly

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

Luis Estévez, the street of Santos Suárez where a river of wastewater flows

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

Foundation of the Netherlands sends 11 containers to address shortages in health and education in Holguín

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