Nanotechnology experts are gathering today and until Friday at Havana´s Conventions Center at the Fifth International Seminar on that scientific field.

The Cuban medical brigade that traveled to the Caribbean island nation of Dominica to assist citizens after the passage of tropical storm Erika is already attending to the needs of the local people.

Cuba's LABIOFAM Business Group opened its first branch in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba in a ceremony attended by businessmen, diplomats and departmental authorities.

Created in 2004 by Cuba´s Fidel Castro and Venezuela´s Hugo Chavez, the free eye surgery program known as Operation Miracle, designed to treat low-income patients, is now benefiting the citizens of Antigua and Barbuda.

The new Cuban vaccine for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B is currently undergoing clinical trials in Cuba and eight Asian countries, with the cooperation of the French company Abivax.

This past month of July ended up being the third hottest in Cuba since 1951, with an average temperature of 28.2 Celsius degrees, 0.7 more than the historical measurement for this month.

The Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), Mourad Wahba, of Egypt, who is also the United Nations Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), described as excellent the work carried out by the Cuban Medical Brigade in Haiti.

The Heber-NASVAC vaccine to treat Hepatitis C stands out among the new productions of the National Center for Bio-formulas (BIOCEN) located in Bejucal, Mayabeque province.

The Brazilian More Doctors medical program arrives at its second year since its setting up guaranteeing medical assistance to 63 million Brazilians.

Malaysia's biotechnology firm Bioven, which conducts clinical Phase III trials of a promising Cuban vaccine against cancer, plans to list in London after a fruitful cooperation with Cuba.

At 8:50 pm on Monday, July 27th, the Network of Stations of the Cuban National Seismological Service recorded a perceptible quake, located at 19.94 North Latitude and -76.00 West Longitude, 20 kilometers southwest of Santiago of Cuba, with a depth of five kilometers and a magnitude of 3.8 on the Richter scale.

Nearly 900 Cuban health care facilities will benefit from a 50-million-peso (close to similar figure in US dollars) investment that includes capital repairs, maintenance and replacement of furniture, said deputy Health minister Luis Navarro.

The 46th contingent of the Venceremos Brigade stressed on Monday in Havana that they will continue to fight for an end of the US economic blockade against Cuba.

Cuban Environment, Science and Technology minister Elba Rosa Perez opened the 10th International Convention on the Environment and Development on Monday.