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.

The use of new emerging tobacco products such as electronic cigarettes is attracting young people and adolescents, a concern in health matters due to the damage they cause.

The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) announced on Tuesday that nineteen Latin American nations haver reported avian influenza outbreaks in domestic and wild birds since 2022 up to mid-May this year.

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) will allocate more than 11.2 million dollars to develop, along with Biocubafarma, innovative drugs against geriatric and oncological diseases.

The project La Botica de la Abuela (Grandma’s pharmacy), launched six years ago with the mission of creating and marketing natural medicinal products in Cuba, has made the most of technology to achieve relevant academic and scientific results, according to its director Rodolfo Arencibia.

The government of India sent humanitarian assistance to Cuba consisting of 90 tons of nine active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) for the production of medicines.

In the context of the 77th World Health Assembly, held in Geneva, Switzerland, Cuba's Minister of Public Health, José Ángel Portal, and Russia's deputy minister of the sector, Oleg Salagay, evaluated the prospects for increasing cooperation in the field of health care.

Cuban Health Minister Jose Angel Portal is promoting the strengthening of cooperation with other nations and international organizations, as he participates at the 77th World Health Assembly.

Cuba recalls today the beginning of a history of solidarity led by its health workers, who made up the island’s first medical contingent 61 years ago in Algeria.