The timely diagnosis of genetic diseases is one of the main work objectives of the General Directorate of Public Health in the eastern province of Holguin for this 2025, as a strategy aimed at better control and care.

Thanks to epidemiological control and prevention actions as well as to a the weather conditions, the active transmission of arboviral diseases is decreasing in Cuba, according to Dr. Francisco Durán García, national director of Hygiene and Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health.

The study of the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB by its Spanish acronym) "Nalsaferon, new formulation that enhances the innate immune response at mucosal and systemic level for the prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of SARS-COV-2 virus infection," won the Special Award for its scientific impact at the recently concluded Innovation for Development Fair.

President Miguel Díaz-Canel attended the national ceremony to commemorate Cuban Science Day in Cuba, in which he presented the Institute of Meteorology with the Labor Achievement banner on account of the entity’s outstanding results in the study of weather events.

The importance of adding advanced practices and studies such as functional echocardiography to newborn care was highlighted at the 1st Cuba-Argentina International Symposium organized in this city.

The Association of Syrian Graduates in Cuban Universities reaffirmed today the historic friendship between the people of Syria and Cuba.

The development and use of homeopathic treatments in Cuba are an essential therapeutic care system due to their potentialities in people's health and quality of life.

The Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology (EIMB), of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), and the Immunoassay Center of the Group of Cuban biotechnological and pharmaceutical industries, Biocubafarma, signed on Sunday a cooperation agreement for scientific research.

In a post on X, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla thanked the Government of India for sending a shipment of medicines to the provinces in western Cuba affected by the Category 3 Hurricane Rafael on November 6, 2024 and described the relief aid as an example of the friendship between the two nations.

A Germany-based humanitarian project called “Caricias” (Caresses) led by Cuban national Jorge Garcia, resident in that European nation, made an important donation to help treat pediatric patients of cancer at a hospital in the city of Santa Clara, central Villa Clara province.

In an effort to strengthen medical attention to foreign patients, Cuba opened an office in the Isle of Youth to provide this service both at local level and at its natural tourist park in Cayo Largo del Sur.

The investment of 40 million pesos in the acquisition of medical and non-medical equipment during the recently ended 2024, contributed to improve the quality of Public Health services in the Cuban eastern province of Granma.

The Cuban government reported on X that there are currently 250 children's homes throughout the country, of which 69 were opened in 2024.

In a post on X, Political Bureau member and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz sent a congratulatory message to the members of the Family Doctor and Nurse Program on the occasion of the 41st anniversary of its creation at the initiative of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro, Leader of the Cuban Revolution.