Health

Tick found inside a cheese? Reports of poor hygiene in the transportation and sale of food in Havana

Cuban in Boyeros reports possible water contamination and demands solutions

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

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

Cuban doctor calls out Spain's Minister of Health during the crisis in Ceuta

Enormous dump raises concern in Guantánamo: "Rats enter the houses and the stench doesn't let us live"

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They are denouncing dirt and unsanitary conditions at the Provincial Hospital of Camagüey

Mountains of garbage, mosquitoes, and deaths: The New York Times sheds light on another facet of the crisis in Cuba

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

Perinatal Care Room at Camagüey Maternity Hospital converted into motorcycle parking

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

Official press portrays the garbage that floods Matanzas

An expert on authoritarianism believes that the crisis of the Special Period was never resolved, and that Cuba has only experienced "moments of relief."

Mothers with children who have cystic fibrosis come together in Cuba to demand promised medications, food, and solar panels

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

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

Lack of fuel further sinks Havana 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 center of infection: garbage, mosquitoes, and diseases are changing the face of Holguín

They collected over 396,000 cubic meters of trash in Havana: The city remains dirty and overwhelmed

NGO demands that the regime declare a health emergency

Sewage floods Coco and Rabí Polyclinic in Havana

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

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

Surfing! Cuban rides waves in a puddle in Havana on a board he found in the garbage

Díaz-Canel takes attendance of neighborhoods in Havana that did not collect garbage: "No one showed up there."

Health scandal: Camagüey Oncology Hospital turned into a hotspot 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 patient with cystic fibrosis in Cuba: "Manuel struggles to breathe."

Spanish YouTuber questions healthcare in the U.S.: "They treat you like a customer, not 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 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 passing day, he becomes 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 embedded a rebar

The Havana government employs inmates for street garbage collection

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 influenza

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

Alert in Guantánamo due to threat of avian influenza

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

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

Allegations of mistreatment at the hospital in Cienfuegos

Cuban child urgently needs colostomy bags

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

Spain sacrifices more than 130,000 hens 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 buy a suction machine for a young Cuban who became quadriplegic

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

The official press in Cuba 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 for an ambulance in Cuba for two days

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

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

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