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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.»
Earth Quake Reported in Haiti
Cuban Health Authorities Informs on Conclusion of Cholera Outbreak
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.»
Half a Hundred People in Sancti Spiritus Underwent Eyelid Malignancies Surgeries
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.»
Infant Death Rate Gets Lower in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba
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.»
More than 300 People in Sancti Spiritus Treated with Heberprot-p
Introduced five years ago Heberprot-p, the Cuban drug to treat diabetic foot ulcers, has proven effectiveness: after its application the rates of amputations in patients suffering from this disease have decreased.»
Rare Glasswinged Butterfly Found in Cuban Mountains
The Glasswinged Butterfly (Greta oto), very little known and rare in Cuba, finds its habitat in the mountainous Guamuhaya, in the central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus, explained researcher Luis Olmo Jas.»
Renal Failure Treatments Consolidate in Northern Sancti Spiritus
More than a thousand hemodialysis have been conducted so far this year in the Nephrology ward of the General Teaching Hospital Joaquin Paneca, in Yaguajay, Sancti Spiritus.»
Cuba Reports No Hepatitis B in Children under 15
As a result of mass immunization campaigns with Heberbiovac HB, Cuba eliminated viral hepatitis type B, considered a severe infection of the liver, in children under 15 years of age.»
Cuba: Sancti Spiritus Hosts Forum on Ophthalmology
The Third Scientific Forum on Ophthalmology will be held in the central Cuban territory of Sancti Spiritus, from this Wednesday through Friday. The Camilo Cienfuegos General Hospital is the venue of the event.»
CIMAB S.A., 20 Years in Cuban Biotechnology
With more than 80 sanitary registrations and export operations in nearly 30 countries, the Cuban Commercial Company CIMAB S.A., an exclusive representative of the Immunology Molecular Center (CIM), is marking 20 years of work.»