Cuba's Health Ministry confirms its 1st swine flu case, a Mexican student

Cuba confirms its 1st swine flu case. Cuba says a Mexican student who came to the island to study is its first confirmed case of swine flu. Read More

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Cuban Magazine Receives International Certification

The digital magazine Roca, from the Blas Roca Calderio Higher Pedagogical Institute in the province of Granma, received a numeric code identifyin its serial publications around the world. Read More

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New oncological facilities have been inaugurated in the eastern Cuban province of Holguín.

The Territorial Oncological Center, at the Vladimir I. Lenin, opened wards for pediatric radiotherapy and clinical trials. Read More

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Cuba: Immunology Center Acknowledged in Sancti Spiritus

Sancti Spiritus’s Immunology Center, founded March 10, 1996 in this central Cuban province, is highly recognized by the people thanks to this institution’s staff commitment and awareness towards patients.<br /> Read More

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Cuba aims to use biological fertilizers on a large scale in agriculture

Cuba aims to use biological fertilizers on a large scale in agriculture in order to increase production of food and reduce impact of climate change on its soil. Read More

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Brazil's National Health Agency (ANVISA) authorized production of a vaccine against the influenza A (H1N1)

Brazil's National Health Agency (ANVISA) authorized production of a vaccine against the influenza A (H1N1). The resolution on Diario Oficial de la Union daily says the developer must have a license from ANVISA to produce the vaccine from the virus of influenza A (H1N1) Read More

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Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Successful Over 95 percent in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba

Over 95 percent of the 307 multiple sclerosis patients so far treated in Sancti Spiritus's Dr. Faustino Perez rehabilitation hospital -central Cuba- has experienced improvements.  <br /> Read More

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In Cuba thirteen percent of teenagers suffer from bronchial asthma

Thirteen percent of Cuban teenagers suffer from bronchial asthma, which can lead to physical disabilities and impact on the family’s dynamics, said the doctor, who is also a founder of the allergy services of the Juan Manuel Márquez pediatric training hospital of Havana. Read More

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Exclusive specimens and shelters more than 160 flora species, of Cuban flora in Sabanalamar Reserve

Famous for its peculiar white sand forests, the protected area of Sabanalamar, in western Cuba, shelters more than 160 flora species, and almost the third part of them are endemic. Read More

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Power consumption in Cuba has dropped by 141,000 kilowatt hours a year since 2007

Power consumption in Cuba has dropped by 141,000 kilowatt hours a year since 2007 as a result of the replacement of fluorescents lamps in the working sector, as part of the Lighting Efficiency Program. Read More

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