Health

Cuban exile 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 further sinks Havana amidst mountains of garbage

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

From a clean city to a hotspot of infection: trash, mosquitoes, and diseases are changing the face of Holguín

They collect 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 clinic in Coco and Rabí, in Havana

Testimonies from Cubans contradict MINSAP: “Doctor Durán, with respect, stop lying to the people.”

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

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

Díaz-Canel checks in on neighborhoods in Havana that did not collect trash: "No one showed up there."

Health scandal: Camagüey Cancer Hospital turned into a hotspot for pests

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

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

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

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

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

Díaz-Canel's umpteenth battle against trash 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 pediatric patient in Santa Clara

Cuban mother seeks help for her 3-year-old son: "With each passing day, he is becoming more deformed."

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

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

The Havana government employs prisoners for street cleaning and garbage collection

Cuban dogs are also emigrating: The number of export certificates for pets skyrockets in 2023

Visits suspended at Santa Clara prison 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 avian flu outbreak under control at the Havana Zoo

Alert in Guantanamo due to avian influenza threat

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

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

Reports of abuses at the hospital in Cienfuegos

Cuban boy urgently needs colostomy bags

Mexico sacrifices 70,000 birds after detecting an outbreak of avian influenza AH7N3 in the northern part of the country

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

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

They are requesting help to buy a lung ventilator for a young Cuban who became quadriplegic

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

Cuba's official press takes pride in having fewer coronavirus 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 for two days in Cuba

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

Father from Cienfuegos 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 supervise polyclinics in Havana due to alarming increase in coronavirus cases

Spanish Deputy denounces the horrors 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"