Scientists with Havana’s Genetic Engineering and Biotech Center (CIGB) marked the second year since the start of clinical trials phase II for the candidate Vaccine Abdala, which became the first COVID-19 vaccine in Latin America.
Cuban ministry of health stresses importance of attention to tropical diseases
On the occasion of World Day for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), the Cuban Ministry of Public Health ( MINSAP) stressed today the importance of including these diseases in the international health agenda, with a view to eradicating them.
What does Cuba's new Public Health Law propose?
Since 2019, professionals from different specialties of the Cuban health system have been working on a new Public Health Law, whose draft will be submitted for analysis in the first quarter of this year with workers in the sector, deputies and the population in general.
Cuban pneumococcal vaccine near to apply for sanitary registration
The Cuban anti-pneumococcal vaccine, Quimi-Vio, is about to apply for sanitary registration before the National Regulatory Authority, the Finlay Vaccine Institute (IFV) reported today.
Bayer Grants Cuban Scientist Medical Science Award na, the Finlay Vaccines Institute and in Germany.
The German Bayer chemical-pharmaceutical company granted its Medical Science award to Cuban scientist Yanira Mendez Gomez.
Cuban westernmost province strengthens attention to lung cancer patients
Lung cancer is the first cause of death in men and the second in women in Pinar del Rio, followed by breast cancer, hence the western territory has consolidated the timely detection and care of patients in health institutions.
Doctors from Cuba's eastern region to support public health in western provinces
To support health services in the western province of Artemisa and the special municipality of Isle of Youth, a contingent of 27 recently graduated doctors from the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the province of Granma was flagged off today in this city.
Cuba reported 18 new cases of Covid-19 with no deaths
The number of new cases of Covid-19 has slightly increased in Cuba at the end of Thursday, when 18 patients with the disease were reported.
COVID-19 in Cuba: 6 new cases yesterday
For the second day in a row, Cuba reported six new COVID-19 cases and no fatalities, as well as 23 medical discharges.
Over 120 new Cuban doctors to arrive in Mexico to offer their services
The Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) reported that 124 new Cuban doctors will arrive in Mexico this month, to complete a total of 616 doctors in that North American nation, Zoé Robledo, director of the IMSS, announced today.
Cuba highlights results of vaccine against liver and ovary cancer
The Business Group of the Cuban Biotechnological and Pharmaceutical Industries (Biocubafarma) highlighted today the new clinical evidence of safety and therapeutic effect of the national vaccine HeberSaVax, which represented an achievement of science and innovation in 2022 in the country.
Cuba reported six new cases of Covid-19, with no deaths
Cuba registered six new cases of Covid-19 at the close of Monday, with no deaths, Cuban ministry of public health informed today.
Homeopathic therapy achieves scientific award in Cuban central province
The research project Natural therapy with the homeopathic product Giardinum 30 CH in adults with urticarial syndrome due to giardiasis, was awarded one of the provincial prizes of the Academy of Sciences and Technological Innovation 2022 in Ciego de Avila, due to its encouraging results.
Cuban authorities congratulate the national scientific community
On the occasion of Cuban Science Day, President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez congratulated Cuban scientists and praised their talent, discipline and perseverance as the country’s main driver of development and source of inspiration.
Minister recognizes Cuban science's contributions to health care
Cuban Minister of Public Health José Ángel Portal Miranda praised the men and women who turn scientific research into the driving force of their daily lives, especially those who do it in the field of health, whose work in the last three years has also become a permanent challenge.