In Cuba, prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease detection is over 85 percent, a figure higher than in other countries in the world, according to national experts.
Cuba maintains its commitment against children´s cancer
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Cuba and in the region of the Americas, and its diagnosis changes the lives of those who suffer from it, especially at an early age. Therefore, to raise awareness about the challenges faced by these children and adolescents and their families, every February 15 is commemorated as International Children's Cancer Day.
Cuba reports 823 new cases of COVID-19, 839 discharges and four deaths
Cuba studied 18,561 samples for COVID-19, resulting in 823 positive ones. The country accumulates 2,106,593 samples taken and 36,595 positive.
Cuban province keeps orthopedic equipment production despite US blockade
The workers of the Provincial Laboratory of Technical Orthopedics of Camaguey (eastern region) reverse with their daily actions the limitations of the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba, with the aim of offering a better quality of life to the patients.
Age, a pre-disposing factor for torpid evolution in COVID-19 patients
Although the factors leading COVID-19 patients to a severe stage are still uncertain, hospitals have observed that age is a predisposing factor in adults over 65 years old and found that their level of mobility and comorbidities also have an impact.
Cuban President Stresses Advancement of Cuban COVID-19 Vaccines
Cuban President Stresses Advancement of Cuban COVID-19 Vaccinesavana, Feb 10 (ACN) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel stressed the advancement of clinical trials of the four Cuban candidate vaccines against COVID 19.
UNIDO highlights development of Cuban anti-COVID-19 vaccines
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) highlighted Cuba science’s ability to develop four anti-COVID-19 vaccine candidates, among them Soberana 02, soon to enter Phase III trials and bound to be the first Latin American vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
An oncology hospital boasts ingenuity and professionalism in the face of the U.S. blockade.
The ingenuity and will of good health professionals reflect on every service of the Maria Curie Oncology Hospital in this city, amid the increasing restrictions of the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade on Cuba and the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Cuban biotech company boasts capabilities to produce anti-COVID-19 vaccines
The Cuban biotechnological and pharmaceutical industry company ( Biocen) has the capacity for the large-scale production of anti-COVID-19 vaccines.
Cuban Nephrology Institute carries out 32 research projects
Cuban Nephrology Institute Doctor Abelardo Buch Lopez, in Havana, is carrying out 32 research projects aimed at branches of the specialty such as chronic kidney disease, dialysis, transplantation, clinical nephrology and pathology.
Industrial Biotechnology Center leads modern biotechnical research
The Center for Industrial Biotechnology ( CEBI), of the University of Oriente in Santiago de Cuba(esatern country), is leading modern biotechnological research in Cuba aimed at the use of microorganisms and biomolecules for the sustainable development of agriculture, health, food production, industry and the protection of the environment.
Cuba reports 580 new cases of COVID 19, 1099 discharges and 4 deaths
Cuba studied 19,322 samples for COVID-19, resulting in 580 positive ones. The country accumulates 2,049,708 samples taken and 34,064 positive ones.
Cuban IT solution will make it easier to know PCR results faster
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 9 (ACN) Starting February 15, an epidemiological monitoring system developed by the company Datys will be implemented in the Cuban capital to make results of PCR tests available in the shortest possible time.
Cuba reports 653 new cases of COVID 19, 855 discharges and two deaths
Cuba studied 18,981 samples for COVID-19, resulting in 653 positive ones. The country accumulates 2,030,386 samples tested and 33,484 positive.
Serbian personalities back Nobel Prize for Cuban doctors
Senior personalities of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts reported today that they sent a document to the Norwegian Nobel Committee with detailed arguments in support of the nomination of Cuba's Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.