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Public Health Crisis

Explore the ongoing public health crisis in Cuba with multiple disease outbreaks, protest waves, trash and water shortages, and a strained healthcare system.

Cuban Health Crisis: Infant Mortality in Havana Reaches Alarming Highs
Cuban Health Crisis: Infant Mortality in Havana Reaches Alarming Highs

Published on 2/1/2026

Cuban Regime Admits Havana's Collapse: Crisis in Transportation, Housing, Water, and Public Health
Cuban Regime Admits Havana's Collapse: Crisis in Transportation, Housing, Water, and Public Health

Published on 1/31/2026

Cuban Leader Meets Scientists Amid Promises of Declining Dengue and Chikungunya Cases
Cuban Leader Meets Scientists Amid Promises of Declining Dengue and Chikungunya Cases

Published on 12/25/2025

Residents of Cerro Report Persistent Sewage Leak and Perpetual Garbage Dump on Zaldo Street
Residents of Cerro Report Persistent Sewage Leak and Perpetual Garbage Dump on Zaldo Street

Published on 12/23/2025

Health Officials in Matanzas Warn of Rising Respiratory Infections
Health Officials in Matanzas Warn of Rising Respiratory Infections

Published on 12/1/2025

Two University Employees Die in Santiago de Cuba After Consuming Counterfeit "Alum" Sold on Streets
Two University Employees Die in Santiago de Cuba After Consuming Counterfeit "Alum" Sold on Streets

Published on 11/25/2025

Cuba Faces Fumigation Challenges Amid Fuel and Equipment Shortages
Cuba Faces Fumigation Challenges Amid Fuel and Equipment Shortages

Published on 11/25/2025

Viral Outbreak Claims Doctor's Life and Infects Residents in Santiago de Cuba's Heart
Viral Outbreak Claims Doctor's Life and Infects Residents in Santiago de Cuba's Heart

Published on 11/22/2025

Rising Health Concerns in Santiago de Cuba: Surge in Mosquito-borne and Digestive Illnesses
Rising Health Concerns in Santiago de Cuba: Surge in Mosquito-borne and Digestive Illnesses

Published on 10/13/2025

Confirmed Chikungunya and Suspected Oropouche Virus in Camagüey, While Government Remains Silent
Confirmed Chikungunya and Suspected Oropouche Virus in Camagüey, While Government Remains Silent

Published on 10/13/2025

Health Situation Worsens in Cárdenas as Dengue and Chikungunya Cases Rise
Health Situation Worsens in Cárdenas as Dengue and Chikungunya Cases Rise

Published on 9/23/2025

Overflowing Trash and Illness Plague Santa Marta, Just Steps from Varadero
Overflowing Trash and Illness Plague Santa Marta, Just Steps from Varadero

Published on 9/19/2025

Cuba's Struggle: Beyond Survival in a Nation on the Brink
Cuba's Struggle: Beyond Survival in a Nation on the Brink

Published on 9/15/2025

Cuban Supreme Court Sounds Alarm on Synthetic Drug Surge, Implements Tougher Penalties
Cuban Supreme Court Sounds Alarm on Synthetic Drug Surge, Implements Tougher Penalties

Published on 8/30/2025

Cuban Official Downplays Havana's Trash Problem: "We Are Not the Country with the Most Garbage"
Cuban Official Downplays Havana's Trash Problem: "We Are Not the Country with the Most Garbage"

Published on 8/17/2025

A Pile of Trash in Central Havana Goes Viral
A Pile of Trash in Central Havana Goes Viral

Published on 8/11/2025

Health Concerns Rise as Sargassum Decomposition Threatens Guantánamo's Coastal Communities
Health Concerns Rise as Sargassum Decomposition Threatens Guantánamo's Coastal Communities

Published on 6/30/2025

Cuban Power Outages: A Growing Threat to Public Health and Well-being
Cuban Power Outages: A Growing Threat to Public Health and Well-being

Published on 6/26/2025

Health Officials in Matanzas Declare City Water Supply Safe for Consumption
Health Officials in Matanzas Declare City Water Supply Safe for Consumption

Published on 2/15/2025

Cuban Healthcare System on the Brink as Fidel Castro's Grandson Pushes for Nanotechnology
Cuban Healthcare System on the Brink as Fidel Castro's Grandson Pushes for Nanotechnology

Published on 11/19/2024

Popular Discontent in Cuba: 691 Protests and Complaints Recorded in August
Popular Discontent in Cuba: 691 Protests and Complaints Recorded in August

Published on 9/2/2024

Psychiatric Hospital in Placetas Faces Severe Water Shortage: "It's a Concentration Camp, People Are Dying There"
Psychiatric Hospital in Placetas Faces Severe Water Shortage: "It's a Concentration Camp, People Are Dying There"

Published on 8/27/2024

Ulises Toirac Speaks Out on Havana's Trash Crisis: "It's a Public Health Disaster"
Ulises Toirac Speaks Out on Havana's Trash Crisis: "It's a Public Health Disaster"

Published on 8/24/2024

India's Donation Enables Cuba to Produce Antibiotics for Up to a Year
India's Donation Enables Cuba to Produce Antibiotics for Up to a Year

Published on 8/9/2024

Church in Central Havana Overrun by Trash: "It's Causing Diseases"
Church in Central Havana Overrun by Trash: "It's Causing Diseases"

Published on 7/9/2024

Elderly Man Dies on a Santiago de Cuba Street Under Mysterious Circumstances
Elderly Man Dies on a Santiago de Cuba Street Under Mysterious Circumstances

Published on 7/1/2024

Public Health Crisis in Santiago de Cuba: Multiple Virus Outbreaks Including Dengue, Oropouche, Influenza, and COVID-19
Public Health Crisis in Santiago de Cuba: Multiple Virus Outbreaks Including Dengue, Oropouche, Influenza, and COVID-19

Published on 6/27/2024

Mass Protest Wave Hits Cuba in May with Over 700 Demonstrations
Mass Protest Wave Hits Cuba in May with Over 700 Demonstrations

Published on 6/5/2024

Population Reports Disease Outbreak in Santiago de Cuba Amid Government Silence
Population Reports Disease Outbreak in Santiago de Cuba Amid Government Silence

Published on 5/19/2024