ugust is the third month of the cyclonic season in the geographical area of the North Atlantic, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, where between 1791 and 2023 19 hurricanes have hit Cuba.

Members of the Jose Marti USA Cultural Association delivered a donation of medicines to the central province of Villa Clara at the headquarters of the Cuban Friendship Institute of the territory.

The Dr. Jose Rafael Estrada Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, the nation's leading neuroscience center, has called for participation in the International Symposium on Neurology and Neurosurgery, scheduled for September 19-22, 2024, at the Melia Internacional Hotel in Varadero, in the Cuban western province of Matanzas.

 The 7th International Congress “Integral Management of Ulcers and Complex Wounds” will be held in the city of Varadero, in the Cuban western province of Matanzas, from September 1 to 5, in the presence of experts and world leaders from more than 20 countries.

Cuba’s first international medical brigade to Algeria in 1963 was made up of 55 professionals—21.8 % of them female. Since then, and as the island extended its assistance to more than 150 countries, the presence of women in this force has steadily grown.

The Cuban Women's Nuclear Network will hold its 5th Scientific Conference (WiN Cuba), which includes the presentation of 31 papers about human health, gender, communication, training, environment, radiological protection, agriculture, and food production.

The role of Cuban international medical assistance was at the center of a recent three-day meeting in Havana of leaders medical missions abroad.

Oral health is one of the priorities of the Cuban health system, with medical assistance throughout the national territory, led by more than 16,000 stomatologists and 8,000 technicians.

The first stage of the new building of the General Hospital Doctor Gustavo Aldereguia Lima, in the municipality of Gibara in the eastern province of Holguin, will be opened soon as part of the works on the occasion of July 26, National Rebellion Day.

The Cuban Academy of Sciences announced that Thursday it will award its 84 prizes for the results of scientific research in 2023, one of the highest numbers since its convocation years ago.

The ongoing detection of cases of fever, vomits, diarrhea and weakness in eastern Las Tunas province has force health authorities to trigger the alarm, since the epidemiological scenario has spread to all eight municipalities of the region.

The confirmation of the presence of the Oropouche virus in nine provinces and 23 municipalities, based on samples studied at the national reference laboratory of the Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK), activates health systems in Cuba, reported the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap).

Entrusted with research on and production of agro-biotechnological products, the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) in the province of Camagüey is working on groundbreaking projects for the benefit of health, according to Ruthdaly Segura Silva, a senior specialist with the Center’s Technological Development division.

The Provincial Health Directorate in the Cuban central province of Villa Clara adopts measures to confront the presence of the Oropouche virus, after the detection of the first cases in the territory.