Some 200 delegates from four continents are participating at the 26th International Congress on Orthopedics, underway since today in the Eastern Cuban city of Camaguey, some 570 kilometers from the capital Havana.

The University of Medical Sciences (UCM) of Santiago de Cuba received the first students of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), by way of a plan of scholarships offered by Cuba to train physicians and specialists in the various branches of Medicine.

Cuban orthopedists will present their latest advancements at the 26th Congress of the Cuban Orthopedics and Traumatology Society, September 21-26 in the eastern city of Camaguey.

Nanotechnology experts are gathering today and until Friday at Havana´s Conventions Center at the Fifth International Seminar on that scientific field.

The Cuban medical brigade that traveled to the Caribbean island nation of Dominica to assist citizens after the passage of tropical storm Erika is already attending to the needs of the local people.

Cuba's LABIOFAM Business Group opened its first branch in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba in a ceremony attended by businessmen, diplomats and departmental authorities.

Created in 2004 by Cuba´s Fidel Castro and Venezuela´s Hugo Chavez, the free eye surgery program known as Operation Miracle, designed to treat low-income patients, is now benefiting the citizens of Antigua and Barbuda.

The new Cuban vaccine for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B is currently undergoing clinical trials in Cuba and eight Asian countries, with the cooperation of the French company Abivax.

This past month of July ended up being the third hottest in Cuba since 1951, with an average temperature of 28.2 Celsius degrees, 0.7 more than the historical measurement for this month.

The Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), Mourad Wahba, of Egypt, who is also the United Nations Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), described as excellent the work carried out by the Cuban Medical Brigade in Haiti.

The Heber-NASVAC vaccine to treat Hepatitis C stands out among the new productions of the National Center for Bio-formulas (BIOCEN) located in Bejucal, Mayabeque province.

The Brazilian More Doctors medical program arrives at its second year since its setting up guaranteeing medical assistance to 63 million Brazilians.

Malaysia's biotechnology firm Bioven, which conducts clinical Phase III trials of a promising Cuban vaccine against cancer, plans to list in London after a fruitful cooperation with Cuba.

At 8:50 pm on Monday, July 27th, the Network of Stations of the Cuban National Seismological Service recorded a perceptible quake, located at 19.94 North Latitude and -76.00 West Longitude, 20 kilometers southwest of Santiago of Cuba, with a depth of five kilometers and a magnitude of 3.8 on the Richter scale.