Health

Huge trash dump causes concern in Guantánamo: "Rats enter the houses and the stench makes it impossible to live."

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They report dirtiness and unsanitary conditions at the Provincial Hospital of Camagüey

Mountains of garbage, mosquitoes, and deaths: The New York Times exposes another side of the crisis in Cuba

"Havana can't take it anymore": Cubans react to the overwhelming amount of trash in the streets

Perinatal Care Room of the Camagüey Maternal Hospital converted into a motorcycle parking lot

Spain confirms the first positive case of hantavirus in a passenger isolated in Madrid

Official media portrays the garbage that floods Matanzas

An expert on authoritarianism believes that the crisis of the Special Period was never resolved and that there were only "moments of relief" in Cuba

Mothers with children with cystic fibrosis unite in Cuba to demand promised medications, food, and solar panels

Cuban exiled doctors propose a universal healthcare model with private support for post-dictatorship Cuba

Matanzas pediatric hospital provides details following the death of a 2-year-old patient

Lack of fuel is sinking Havana even deeper amid mountains of garbage

Manuel Marrero admits the failure of institutions in the face of the waste crisis in Havana: "We deserve results."

From a clean city to a focus of infection: garbage, mosquitoes, and diseases are transforming the face of Holguín

Over 396,000 cubic meters of garbage collected in Havana: The city remains dirty and overwhelmed

NGO demands that the regime declare a health emergency

Sewage floods the polyclinic in Coco and Rabí, in Havana

Cuban testimonies contradict the MINSAP: “Doctor Durán, with all due respect, stop lying to the people.”

La Covadonga Hospital on the brink of closing due to outbreak of dengue and chikungunya in Havana

Surfing! Cuban rides waves in a puddle in Havana on a board from the trash

Díaz-Canel inspects neighborhoods in Havana that did not pick up trash: "No one showed up there."

Health scandal: Camagüey cancer hospital turned into a breeding ground for pests

Incredible but true: This is how Cuban women meet a basic need amid the crisis

"For me, they were five-star hotels": Cuban shares her first experience with public healthcare in Spain

Father of a cystic fibrosis patient in Cuba: "Manuel struggles to breathe."

Spanish YouTuber questions healthcare in the U.S.: "They treat you like a customer and not like a patient"

Florida Hospital responds to the family of a sick child whom Cuban doctors have deemed a lost cause

Díaz-Canel's umpteenth battle against waste in Havana: "If we manage to involve the workplaces, we win."

Father reports the death of his 3-year-old daughter due to alleged medical negligence in Cuba

First kidney tumor surgery performed on a pediatric patient in Santa Clara

Cuban mother seeks help for her 3-year-old son: "Every day that passes, he becomes more deformed."

"The doctors declared my son dead at the clinic and justice was never served."

Father reports abuse at Artemisa polyclinic after his son buried a rebar in his leg

The Havana government employs inmates for garbage collection on the streets

Cuban dogs are also emigrating: The number of pet export certificates has surged in 2023

Visits at the Santa Clara prison suspended due to tuberculosis outbreak

They are monitoring an important migratory bird corridor in Cuba due to the risk of avian influenza

Cuba claims to have the outbreak of avian influenza under control at the Havana Zoo

Alert in Guantánamo due to avian influenza threat

Cuba identifies H5N1 subtype in birds with avian influenza at the Havana zoo

Cuba claims to have the avian influenza outbreak under control at the La Habana Zoo

They report gaps in the hospital in Cienfuegos

Cuban boy urgently needs colostomy bags

Mexico culls 70,000 birds after detecting an outbreak of avian flu AH7N3 in the north of the country

Spain sacrifices over 130,000 chickens due to an outbreak of avian influenza

65% of the mosquito breeding sites in Santiago de Cuba are in water tanks

They are asking for help to purchase a ventilator for a young Cuban who became quadriplegic

Cuban government regulates the import and export of products for veterinary use

Cuba's official media boasts of having fewer COVID-19 deaths than Belgium

Cuba issues health alert due to outbreak of African swine fever in the Dominican Republic

Mother stabbed by her husband's ex-lover has been waiting for an ambulance in Cuba for two days

Workers are fined for improper use of the face mask while "fulfilling the revolution."

Father from Cienfuegos requests humanitarian visa: "The girl is dying on us in Cuba."

Cuban girl to begin treatment in Miami to save her leg after being diagnosed with cancer

Party representatives will oversee polyclinics in Havana due to the alarming increase in coronavirus cases

Spanish Deputy denounces the horror of Communist Cuba: "There is only misery and nothing but misery"

Cuban on irregularities in health protocols for coronavirus on the Island: I have been isolated for 11 days

Obstetric violence in Cuba: "I'm going to have to cut you open"