The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies recognized the work carried out by the Cuban Red Cross and reaffirmed its commitment to continue strengthening joint cooperation.

The Finlay Institute of Vaccines announced on its Facebook page that Yury Valdes Balbin, the institute's director general, received the 2025 National Chemistry Prize, awarded by the Cuban Chemical Society in recognition of his scientific career.

The recent restrictive measures imposed against Cuba by the U.S. have generated far-reaching disruptions to vital health services, transportation, and supplies, with direct repercussions for the care of pregnant women, children, chronically ill patients, and medical emergencies, the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported through the Granma newspaper.

 A recent World Health Organization (WHO) report warns that measles cases are increasing in parts of the cultured Europe, a disease far from being a thing of the past in that region and bound to be around for some time because the European nations are not meeting their vaccination targets.

Four new ambulances have been assigned to the eastern province of Granma, from a batch of 50 recently acquired with funds from the Cuban state budget.

The Hatuey solidarity project, based in the United States, delivered its eighth donation of cytostatic drugs and other medications for children with cancer, an effort that will continue according to its coordinator and close friend, Gloria la Riva, who affirmed here today: “We are committed forever, Cuba will not give up, and neither will we.”

A group of 43 members of the Cuban scientific community and two institutions were awarded the Carlos J. Finlay Order, by decree signed by Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, and proposed by Armando Rodríguez Batista, Minister of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA by its Spanish acronym).

With the aim of contributing to physical and family well-being, the Dutch foundation Stichting Cuba Adelante is cooperating with public health institutions and vulnerable population groups in the province of Holguín by providing donations.

Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, held another meeting on Monday with experts and scientists on health issues.

The Cuban workers in Venezuela are all safe and offering their services after the US attacks over the weekend, said Medical Brigade chief Doctor Yuleyvis Martinez.

The Cuban Society for the Promotion of Renewable Energy Sources and Environmental Respect (Cubasolar) confirmed that in 2025 it maintained its vitality in the management, monitoring, and execution of its international collaboration projects.

Pinar del Rio concluded 2025 with the lowest infant mortality rate in Cuba, at 4.7 per 1,000 live births.

With 83 % coverage to date, the vaccination of nine-year-old girls against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), the leading cause of cervical cancer, among other diseases, is progressing in the Cuban western province of Matanzas.

Cuban and foreign professionals have concluded their collaboration on a novel project to benefit specialized public health services in the country, reported the Institute of Cybernetics, Mathematics, and Physics (ICIMAF by its Spanish acronym).