Science

Four Cubans were awarded in four of the five categories of the Eureka Science Prize, during the inaugural gala of Cubamotricidad 2012, which was held in the theater Lazaro Peña, in this city.»

German archaeologists have excavated a granite statue of King Ramses II, covered by sand for millions of years in an area of the Lower Egypt Sector, announced official sources.»

The historic leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro Ruz sent a message of congratulations to the “Victoria de Giron” Institute of Basic and Preclinical Sciences on its 50th anniversary.»

In the Camilo Cienfuegos Provincial General Hospital,  in Sancti Spiritus, a Cuban central province, over the 90% of the cases submitted to this treatment has improved their quality of life.»

UN Development Program resident representative in Cuba Barbara Pesce stressed in Havana the efforts made by Cuba aimed at protecting the ozone layer.»

Cuba joined world commemorations for the 25th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, considered the most successful and spread international treaty in the environment field promoted by the United Nations.»

A quake of 3.7 degrees in the open scale of Richter occurred in Haiti Sunday, reported the coordinator of the Technical Unit of Seismology of the local Mines and Energy Office, Claude Prepetit.»

The Cuban Public Health Ministry (MINSAP) announced the conclusion of an outbreak of a water-borne gastrointestinal infection in the eastern Cuban province of Granma, where authorities had diagnosed the presence of Vibrio Cholerae.»

Although experts say that malignant eyelid lesions tend to appear in people with half a century of life, Sancti Spiritus province, in central Cuba, reveals some peculiarity as half of the patients diagnosed with this condition does not exceed the 45 years.»

Encouraging news have been known in the central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus: infant mortality rate has been dropped to 3.7 per 1,000 live births.»