Health

Lack of fuel sinks Havana even further amid mountains of garbage

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

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

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

NGO demands that the regime declare a health emergency

Sewage water floods the polyclinic in Coco and Rabí, Havana

Testimonials from Cubans contradict the MINSAP: "Doctor Durán, with all due respect, stop lying to the people."

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

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

Díaz-Canel checks in on neighborhoods in Havana that didn't collect garbage: "No one showed up there."

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

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

"For me, they were five-star hotels": A Cuban recounts her first experience with the public healthcare system 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, not like a patient."

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

Díaz-Canel's umpteenth battle against trash in Havana: "If we manage to involve 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 pediatric patient in Santa Clara

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

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

Father reports mistreatment at Artemisa polyclinic after his son impaled himself with a rebar

The government of Havana employs inmates for garbage collection on the streets

Cuban dogs are also emigrating: The number of pet export certificates skyrockets 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 flu

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

Alert in Guantánamo over avian influenza threat

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

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

Allegations of abuses at the hospital in Cienfuegos

Cuban child urgently needs colostomy bags

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

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

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

They are seeking help to buy a suction machine for a young Cuban who became quadriplegic

Cuban government regulates the import and export of veterinary products

Cuba's official media boasts about having fewer deaths from coronavirus 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 two days for an ambulance in Cuba

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

Cienfuegos' father requests humanitarian visa: "The girl is dying on us in Cuba"

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

Party officials will monitor polyclinics in Havana in light of 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 in isolation for 11 days

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