The processing group of biomedical data at Oscar Lucero Moya University, in Holguin, is working to develop a software that facilitates the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of patients with hereditary ataxias.
Cuba Implements National Ebola Prevention Program
Cuba implemented a National Ebola Prevention and Fighting Program against the introduction and spread of that virus in the country, which took the training of over 384 persons, according to Granma newspaper.
Cuba Has Lowest Infant Mortality Rate Ever in 2014
Cuba ended 2014 with an infant mortality rate of 4.2 percent per thousand live births, same figure achieved at the end of 2013 and so far the lowest in its history.
Cuban Doctors Save Child from Congenital Heart Condition with Complex Surgery
Cuban doctors at the Comandante Ernesto Che Guevara Cardiology Center in the central city of Santa Clara saved the life of a child suffering from congenital heart condition after administering a complex heart-lung combined surgery.
Meeting on Environmental Popular Education Kicks off in Cuba
With the exchange of experiences between Cuban and foreign activists, the 6th Latin American Meeting of Developing Experiences in Environmental Popular Education, which will run until December 12th, began today in Pinar del Río.
Cuban Physician Returns to Havana with no Traces of Ebola
Totally reestablished, Dr. Felix Baez, member of the Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade, who contracted the Ebola fever virus during his mission in Sierra Leone, West Africa, arrived in Havana.
Nobel in Medicine Richard Roberts Participates in Cuba´s Biotechnology Congress
Richard J. Roberts, Nobel Prize in Medicine (1993) noted in this capital that Cuba was able to develop in a few years products that are exportable resources for the national economy.
Cuba Builds Biotech Plants to Reduce Use of Chemical Pesticides and Insecticides
The Business Group of Biopharmaceutical Laboratories (LABIOFAM by its Spanish acronym) has created biotech plants in various Cuban provinces, with the aim of reducing the use of chemical insecticides and pesticides in agriculture.
Havana Hosts Biotechnology Congress
Representatives from the world scientific community are gathering in Havana for a Biotechnology Congress that aims at presenting and debating the most recent achievements in the area of agricultural biotechnology.
Latest Cancer Researches to Be Discussed in Cuban Congress
Advances in Oncology and new diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities, as well as the latest researches on cancer are the main issues in the Havana Oncology Congress 2014, which will be held in the capital from this Wednesday.
Personalities of World Biotechnology to Meet in Havana
Prestigious personalities of world biotechnology like Richard John Roberts, winner of the Nobel Medicine Prize, will participate in the International Congress on Biotechnology, scheduled for December 1-4 in this capital.
US Senators Visit Havana Tropical Medicine Institute
US senators Republican Jeff Flake for Arizona and Democrat Tom Udall for New Mexico toured Havana´s Pedro Kouri Tropical Medicine Institute during a visit to Cuba, according to information on the website of scientific entity.
Nine High Temperature Records Set in Cuba in October
During the month of October, nine records of maximum monthly temperature were established in different parts of Cuba, according to the Climate Centre of the Cuban Meteorology Institute, Granma newspaper published.
Program for Cleaning of Nuevitas Bay in Eastern Cuba Approved
To give continuity to the healing actions undertaken by local authorities for 17 years, the Council of the Provincial Administration of Camagüey approved a program to combat pollution at Nuevitas Bay, Granma newspaper published today.
The U.N. Thanks Cuba for Support in Fight against Ebola
Doctor Jose Luis Di Fabio, representative to Cuba of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), thanked the Cuban government for its prompt response to the call made by the United Nations to face the Ebola fever virus.