Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel exchanged views with Cuban experts and scientists about health issues including the results of the National Center for Minimal Access Surgery.

Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero acknowledged the international work of local health professionals, who assist other nations of the world, during the closing session of the 21st Meeting of Heads of Medical Brigades Abroad.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro thanked his Cuban counterpart Miguel Díaz-Canel for the island's unconditional support and fraternal affection.

The Cuban vaccine Abdala received the approval of the Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks (Cofepris), the Mexican regulatory authority, to be used in pediatric patients from 5 years of age onwards, Granma newspaper reported today.

The third booster vaccination against Covid-19 in Villa Clara is advancing with the application of a dose of the Cuban drug Abdala to several risk groups such as older adults, children and pregnant women.

Cuba’s Finlay Vaccine Institute (IFV) and the Department of Biotechnological Development of the University of the Republic of Uruguay signed a Memorandum of Understanding for joint research and development of vaccines.

The former convent of San Agustin, belonging to the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana (OHCH), will be the headquarters of the Coordinating Center for Disability (CCD), inaugurated with the aim of promoting the social inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities.

Ernesto Carrillo Barroso, a Doctor of Science with the Cuban Institute of Cybernetics, Mathematics and Physics (ICIMAF), presented a design of a Medium Power Ultrasonic Generator for Bone Consolidation Therapy at the Dominican Week of Science and Technology and the 28th International Congress of Scientific Research, both held in Santo Domingo.

Some 13,000 patients in need of cataract surgery are waiting for this procedure, due to the reduction in the activity levels of the services at the Ocular Microsurgery Center, due to resource limitations related mainly to the U.S. sanctions.

Georg W. J. Auburger, renowned neuroscientist from Germany, will be accredited tomorrow in this city as Corresponding Member of the Cuban Academy of Sciences (ACC), a status granted only to non-residents in the country who contribute to the development of science.

Nimotuzumab, a medicine developed by Cuba's Center for Molecular Immunology (CIM), was approved in China for the treatment of pancreatic cancer, after a phase III clinical study.

The design of a new three-step ramp to treat children with various disabilities stands as a major contribution of the science and technological innovation in the Octavio de la Concepcion y de la Pedraja Pediatric Hospital of the province of Holguin.

Cuban Health Minister Jose Angel Portal Miranda ratified in Türkiye his country’s willingness to share expertise and values characterizing the island’s health professionals.

The Washington Post published an article on Friday titled “Next pandemic, let Cuba vaccinate the world,” which acknowledges Cuba’s achievements in fighting COVID-19 with its homegrown vaccines, while questioning the US sanctions hindering the development of Cuban sciences.