Cuba-USA Agreement over Lung Cancer Vaccine
The Cuban Center for Molecular Immunology and the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in New York on Tuesday signed an agreement to export to the USA a lung cancer vaccine developed on the island. “The...
View ArticleCuba: Success of International Health Convention, Trade Fair Highlighted
Cuban First Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel praised the success of the 13th ‘Health for All’ International Trade Fair and the International Convention on Public Health ‘CubaSalud 2015′,which concluded...
View ArticleGrowing Interest in Cuban Therapeutic Vaccine for Advanced Lung Cancer
Cuba is inserted in the development of inmunotherapies against cancer, with several projects of research and biotechnological products in trials for the treatment of this condition. These products...
View ArticleSancti Spiritus Experts Attend Cubagua 2015 Forum
Water resources specialists from Sancti Spiritus are in Havana to share their experiences in the 12th International Congress of Hydraulic Engineering and the 7th Seminar of Integral Use of Water, as...
View ArticleCuba Announced First Country to Stop Mother-Child HIV Transmission
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) announced in Washington that Cuba has become the first country in the world to eliminate the transmission of HIV / AIDS and syphilis from mother to baby. At...
View ArticleLevel IV Emergency Alert in Chinese Province after Quake
Six people were killed by an earthquake of 6.5 magnitude on the Richter scale in the city of Hotan, Autonomous Region of Uygur Xinjiang, in northwest China. Given that fact that the quake also left 50...
View ArticleEnvironmental Issues under Discussion in Havana
Cuban Environment, Science and Technology Minister Elba Rosa Perez opened the 10th International Convention on the Environment and Development on Monday. Some 1200 delegates are attending the forum at...
View ArticleExperts Confirm Traces of Yucatan Meteorite in Fomento, Cuba
After more than 15 years of research by Cuban and foreign specialists, it’s been confirmed that the material found in the region of Fomento, central Cuba, was the result of a giant meteorite that...
View ArticlePregnancy Tests Available in Sancti Spiritus Pharmacies
Highly effective pregnancy tests produced by the Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Center (CIGB) of Sancti Spiritus, are available since this week in the network of pharmacies of this central Cuban...
View ArticleCuba to Host 14th International Course on Dengue
Specialists from a number of countries will discuss the epidemiological situation of dengue worldwide during a meeting in Havana from August 10th through the 21st. During the upcoming 14th...
View ArticleState of Exception Decreed in Ecuador Due to Volcano Eruption
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa established a state of exception due to the unusual volcanic activity of the Cotopaxi. The mountain over five thousand 897 meters above sea level and 45 kilometers...
View ArticleCuba: Severe Drought, Lack of Rain Trigger Water Saving Alert
The severe drought affecting Cuban aquifers and reservoirs given the extreme lack of rainfalls has led authorities to call for water-saving measures and other distribution strategies to cushion the...
View ArticleCARICOM Seeks Cooperation with Cuba in Scientific Areas
Members of the Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) traveled to Cuba, in search of opportunities for cooperation projects in those areas. The delegation...
View ArticleInternational Nanotechnology Seminar Starts in Cuba
Conceived as a space for academic debate and scientific exchange, the Fifth International Seminar of Nanosciences and Nanotechnology begins today at the Conference Center in Havana. Honorary Doctorate...
View ArticleInt’l Orthopedics Congress underway in Cuba
The most significant experiences and developments in orthopedics and traumatology in the world are evaluated during the 26th International Congress of Orthopedics, Camaguey-2015, attended by about 250...
View ArticleWHO Recommends Close Watch despite Ebola-Free Reports
For the first time since March, 2014, the World Health Organization reported Wednesday the end of an entire week without cases of Ebola, the epidemic responsible for over 11,000 deaths in Guinea,...
View ArticleCuba Reports High Survival Rate in Heart Surgeries
Cuba has reached a survival rate in heart surgeries higher to 95 percent, ranking among the most advanced countries in this matter. Doctor Eduardo Rivas, president of the Cuban Society of Cardiology,...
View ArticleCuba to Present Results of New Medicine for Hepatitis C
The Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology of Cuba (CIGB) in Havana presented Thursday the results of the new Cuban medicine PEG-Heberon to treat chronic hepatitis C. A national workshop on...
View ArticleAmerican Nephrologists Lecture on Kidney Transplantation
U.S. nephrologists will give as of today a series of lectures at the “Professor Abelardo Buch Lopez” Nephrology Institute, in Havana, Granma newspaper reported. The refresher course in renal...
View ArticleCuba Remarks Need of Training for New Ebola Outbreaks
Cuba emphasized in Geneva the importance of the creation of capacities, aimed at strengthening sustainable systems to face new outbreaks of Ebola. This was expressed by Anayansi Rodriguez, Cuban...
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