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.

The US-based Hatuey solidarity project brought a donation of medical supplies and medications to back the treatment of children suffering from cancer in Cuba.

HAVANA, Cuba, May 20 (ACN) In order to improve the opportune diagnosis and efficiency of cardiovascular treatments, cardiac troponin tests, a blood test to accurately determine myocardial infarction, ischemic heart disease or heart failure, are being implemented.

Members of the U.S.-based Cuba solidarity project HATUEY traveled to Havana with a donation of cytostatic medicines for children with cancer and other medical supplies worth 60,000 dollars.

At the Jose Luis Miranda University Pediatric Hospital in Santa Clara, in the Cuban central province of Villa Clara, a device was created for the elevation or correction of cranial depressions in neonatal and infant patients.