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The agreement, signed by Dr. Ro­berto Morales Ojeda, Cuban minister of Public Health, and Sylvia Burwell, U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services, is aimed at implementing collaboration projects»

The First Regional Meeting for the strategy of surveillance and control of arboviruses started today in Havana with the attendance of health ministers, specialists from most countries of the Americas and their European colleagues»

The president of the U.S. company Regenestem, Ricardo de Cubas, praised on Thursday in Havana the history of Cuban medicine and the results of Regenerative Medicine, in spite of limited resources»

Cuba guarantees particular attention to people with disabilities, based on the support of government institutions and civil society, according to reports delivered during the Social Forum that continues today in Geneva»

With 185-kilometer-per hour sustained winds and higher gusts, Matthews became a category three hurricane this morning and continues to intensify as it moves on Caribbean waters»

The contribution of Cuban physicians has reached 40 million Brazilians, particularly low income families. This fact has had a positive impact on the health indicators of that South American nation»

Cuba will host a regional meeting on Zika and other diseases October 20 and 21 with the attendance of renowned experts from The Americas and Europe, along with specialists who have been involved in the fight of  Zika»

Specialists of the Center of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) has created a new drug called Heberferon, aimed at reducing or eliminating  non-melanoma skin tumors»

The first neurosurgical training laboratory located within a hospital was recently inaugurated at the Camilo Cienfuegos University General Hospital of Sancti Spiritus»

The US National Air and Space Administration (NASA) is now working on the development of space submarines, to study and analyze the waters of lakes and oceans found in other planets and their satellites»