Cuban researchers are planning to study the effects of the natural product Curmeric, of proven antiviral and antibacterial action, on infectious diseases such as dengue and helicobacter pylori, while they keep improving the nasal drops and antimicrobial creams.
COVID-19 is not gone yet, assures Minister of Public Health
“COVID-19 is still around, so we must me responsible and act accordingly”, José Ángel Portal Miranda, Cuba's Minister of Public Health, wrote in an article about the recent upturn in the number of cases worldwide.
Cuba Advances Research on Anti-viral, Anti-bacterial Natural Product
Cuban scientists are advancing research studies on a natural product known as Curmeric with proven anti-viral and anti-bacterial action, particularly against Dengue Fever and Helicobacter pylori.
Abdala vaccine technology platform is safe, Cuban scientific center asserts
The Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB by its Spanish acronym) affirmed today that the technological platform of the Abdala vaccine is safe and well-established.
COVID-19 in Cuba: 21 new cases yesterday
Cuba reported today twenty-one new COVID-19 cases, 18 medical discharges and no fatalities.
Cuban President Congratulates Community Doctors and Nurses
Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, First Secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party and Cuban President congratulated health professionals with the national family doctor and nurse program on its 39th anniversary.
Cuba marks 39th anniversary of the Family Doctor Program
On the occasion of the 39th anniversary of the Family Doctor and Nurse Program, Cuban PM Manuel Marrero Cruz stressed today that this initiative of the historic leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro, has been the first battlefront of the country's health system.
Cuba warns about slight increase of COVID 19 cases, today 19
Cuba reported at the close of Tuesday, 19 new positive cases of SARS-CoV-2, in another day with no deaths due to COVID-19, the Cuban ministry of public health (MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) reported today in its usual daily report.
Major Cuban scientific achievement nominated for Academy of Sciences Award
For its contribution to knowledge, the Center for Radiation Protection and Hygiene (CPHR by its Spanish acronym) proposed to the Cuban Academy of Sciences Award its most outstanding scientific-technical result in 2022.
Cuban eastern province opens medical oxygen plants
The two medical oxygen plants located in the Vladimir Ilich Lenin University Teaching Hospital in the city of Holguin were opened on Tuesday as part of the investments being made in the public health sector.
Group of Cuban doctors arrived in Italy to support in health emergency
A group of 50 Cuban doctors arrived in Calabria, southern Italy, to provide assistance in that region, which is facing a health emergency due to lack of personnel.
Cuban environmental initiative contributes to the Sendai Framework agreement
A project called Community Development and Adaptation based on watershed management in the Alejandro de Humboldt National Park (PNAH) consolidates the Sendai Framework (2015-2030) for sustainable development and resilience of communities and ecosystems, according to Sc. D. Bárbaro Zabala Lahite, a researcher with the local unit of environmental services who participates in this initiative together with experts from Mexico, Dominican Republic and Guatemala.
Climate change behind rising dengue outbreaks in eastern Cuba
The rise in one degree Celsius of the average annual temperature in the province of Guantánamo between 2017 and 2019 favored infestation by the Aedes aegypti mosquito and the transmission of dengue, according to the Provincial Center of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology (CPHEM).
Covid-19 transmission on the rise in Cuba
Covid-19 transmission has increased in Cuba, Minister of Public Health José Angel Portal Miranda reported to the Temporary Working Group for prevention and control at a meeting presided by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.
Cuban President Attends Ceremonies of Scientific Centers
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez attended on Tuesday ceremonies marking the 10th anniversary of the BioCubaFarma pharmaceutical conglomerate and the 30th year Western Havana Scientific Centers.