The use of HeberFeron, a drug created and produced by the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB by its Spanish acronym), in Havana, has spread throughout the country by opening more centers in different municipalities.

Interferon alpha 2B, a Cuban drug used in China for coronavirus treatment, will be exhibited at the Cuba exhibition in Mexico, to be held in this country from next March 4-6.

Cuba is the only country in the world that since 1961 has been holding annual polio vaccination campaigns, which have allowed under 72-year-old population to be protected against the disease, experts from the ministry of public health (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) said in Havana.

Jan Louis Betlem, regional director of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) project, held a meeting with experts from the Center for Environmental Studies of Cienfuegos (CEAC by its Spanish acronym), in central Cuba.

Cuban public health minister Jose Angel Portal highlighted his country's achievements in the application of cochlear implants, as part of the celebration of World Cochlear Implant Day.

Cuba remains free of suspected or confirmed coronavirus cases, which already affect 30 countries, Cuban ministry of public health ( MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) officials told the press today.

The Cuban Center of Neurosciences (CNeuro) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) signed a collaboration agreement that will contribute to the universal development of education.

Cuba closed 2019 with a 5.0 infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births, placing the Caribbean island among the 35 best in the world in this regard, president Miguel Diaz-Canel wrote today on Twitter.

Cuba and Gambia renewed a decades-old cooperation agreement in the health field, which provides Cuban medical assistance to the people of that African country.

Cuba denounced today the new aggression of the Organization of American States (OAS) against Cuba's international medical collaboration in different countries of the world.

Noemi Rabaza Fernandez, First VP of the Cuban Friendship Institute (ICAP), said today that the Caribbean island is working harder every day to build a prosperous and sustainable socialism, during the welcoming ceremony of the Nordic Brigade of Solidarity with Cuba.

The Kenyan authorities ratified that the Cuban doctors kidnapped in Kenya are well, and efforts will continue for their safe return to their country," said Inés María Chapman, vice president of the Cuban Council of Ministers, in contact with the national press on Monday.

American PhD. Stephen Casselli, Executive Director of the International Society of Cardio Oncology, expressed in Havana the interest of scientific exchange with Cuban colleagues in this branch of medicine.

Jointly analyze important clinical problems related to cardiovascular health of patients with cancer is the main goal of the 3rd Cardio-Oncology Symposium, which will begin today at Havana´s TRYP Habana Libre hotel.