On the occasion of World AIDS Day, Cuban President Miguel Díaz- Canel stressed the importance of tackling social inequalities that tamper with the efforts to eliminate this disease.
Soberana Centro clinical trial in central Cuba comes to an end
Phase II of the Soberana Centro clinical trial in the province of Cienfuegos will finish today with an evaluation of the results in the participating municipalities where the vaccines created by the Finlay Vaccine Institute were administered to more than 1,160 residents.
CUJAE awards Honoris Causa degrees to Spanish scientists
Ricardo Gómez Crespo, rector of the José Antonio Echeverría Technological University of Havana (CUJAE), presented the award of Doctor Honoris Causa to three scientists from the University of Seville—Dr. Angel Barriga Barros, Dr. Manuel Valencia Barreros and Dr. Santiago Sanchez Solano—in the 20th Scientific Convention of Engineering and Architecture (20 CCIA).
Cuba receives the Calixto Garcia solidarity brigade
The 4th edition of the Calixto Garcia Solidarity Brigade was received on Monday night at the Pernik Hotel in Holguin(eastern Cuba), a project integrated by friends from Canada who every year, in November, come to Cuba to collaborate and learn about its history and culture.
Cuba mourns death of eminent scientist
The Cuban Academy of Sciences (ACC) mourned the death of eminent Cuban scientist Olivia Miranda Francisco, one of the members of Merit of the institution.
Seven new COVID-19 cases reported in Cuba
The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (Minsap) reported that at the end of yesterday, November 26, a total of 48 patients were hospitalized, 18 suspected and 30 confirmed active COVID cases.
Cuban and Qatar Health Ministers Hold Talks on Bilateral Cooperation
Cuban Health Minister Jose Angel Portal met in Qatar with his counterpart Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari on ways to boost cooperation between the two countries.
Cuba Shares Experience at Regional Forum of Health Ministers
Cuba shared its experience in its fight against COVID-19 both, domestically and abroad, at a virtual forum of health ministers of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States regional organization (CELAC).
Cuba and Saudi Arabia Deepen Health Cooperation
Cuban Health Minister Jose Angel Portal met with his counterpart from Saudi Arabia Fahad al Jalajel to further strengthen bilateral cooperation relations in the sector between the two countries.
Cuba and Belarus to strengthen relations in the field of health
A delegation from the Ministry of Public Health of Belarus visited Havana’s Capitol Building, seat of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba (Parliament), where they were received by Dr. Cristina Luna Morales, chair of the Assembly's Health and Sports Commission.
Cuba marks the Day of the Cuban pharmaceutical worker
José Angel Portal Miranda, Cuban minister of public health, celebrated today the Day of the Cuban pharmaceutical worker, a date that commemorates the birth of Antonio Guiteras Holmes (1906-1935), one of the first professionals in that branch in the country.
Only one positive case of COVID-19 diagnosed in Cuba
The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (Minsap) reported that at the end of November 19, 30 patients were admitted, 22 were suspected and 8 were confirmed active.
Cuba Authorities Insist in COVID-19 Precaution as Year’s End Approaches
Cuba’s Health Ministry called on the people to keep up COVID-19 precaution measures as year’s end massive festivities approach.
Cuba still with few cases of COVID 19, only 2 today
Cuban health ministry ( MINSAP by its Spanish acronym) reported that at the end of Monday, two samples were positive out of the 935 taken for the control and surveillance of the COVID-19 virus.
Cuba marks 23rd anniversary of the founding of Latin American School of Medicine
Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban communist party and president of the country, recalled today the 23rd anniversary of the founding of the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM by its Spanish acronym) by the historic leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro.