Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, reiterated today Cuba's commitment to the efforts of the South to strengthen scientific and technological platforms.

As part of the Cuban health program to fight pneumococcal disease, the first dose of the vaccine Pneumosil-10 valente is being administered to 1,200 babies in the province of Cienfuegos.

Cuba witnessed an increase in the number of suspected cases of Dengue and Oropouche Diseases.

A group of Cuban health professionals arrived today in Dominica to join the health brigade already providing services in that small Caribbean island.

The Cuban National Health System applies from today the Pneumosil10 valent vaccine to all infants born this year, which prevents 10 of the main serotypes of major circulation, causing invasive pneumococcal disease, mainly severe cases of acute meningitis, pneumonia or sepsis.

The 17th Ibero-American Biology Olympiad (OIAB by its Spanish acronym) begins today at the University of Havana (UH) with the participation of students from 15 countries, including Spain and Portugal, and will run until next Saturday with the aim of motivating the study and research of biological sciences in students of pre-university (high school) levels.

The Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery Center of the city of Santiago de Cuba provides care to a population of more than four million people while trying to maintain the excellence of its services despite the difficulties imposed on the national health care system by the U.S. blockade.

Cuba’s epidemiology director offered an update on the spread of Dengue Fever and Oropouche virus in Cuba, currently affecting most of the national territory.

The 11th International Conference on Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens opened its doors in this city, as announced by ScD Mario Pablo Estrada Garcia, chair of the Scientific Committee of the event, sponsored by the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) and deemed one of the most important on this field in the world.

Cuban professionals are participating in a course on Metrology for Secondary Dosimetric Calibration Laboratories in the Latin American Region, which concludes today in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Cuba will join the list of 35 countries in the American region that have pneumococcal vaccines in their immunization schedules, starting next September 9, with the administration of Pneumosil 10 valente to two-month-old infants throughout the national territory.

Cuba has not reported any serious Oropouche Fever cases or deaths since the virus was detected here in May. Some 506 cases were detected, the lowest figure in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Solidarity organizations in the USA, Europe and Canada sent Cuba 150 pacemakers out of a first donation batch of such devices which are vital for life but whose purchase by Cuba is hindered by the US blockade.

The World Health Organization (WHO) regional director Hans Kluge said on Tuesday during a press conference that the Mpox virus cannot compare to COVID-19 because sanitary authorities already count on enough expertise to control its spread.