South America

Strengthening healthcare response in a crisis context El Niño in 2023 had a significant impact on public health in South America, exacerbating the vulnerabilities of already struggling communities. Alterations in precipitation and…

Chile experienced last Saturday, 7 January, the annual SAMU Reanimator Day

Covid Soberana 02 and Abdala vaccines: serum conversion to Omicron antibodies was appreciated in 90% or more of those vaccinated in Cuba

Covid vaccines: with 83.2% of the population with the full vaccination schedule, Cuba ranks among the countries leading the anti-COVID-19 immunisation, according to Oxford University's Our Worlds in Data website

Researchers from UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) consider that the death of 200 people during a research with proxalutamide in the treatment of Covid, in Amazonas, could be one of the “most serious…

The governor of the state of Amazonas, Wilson Lira, has been charged by the Superior Court of Justice of Brazil with fraud in tenders for the purchase of pulmonary respirators, criminal organisation, embezzlement and tampering with…

Forest fires in Brazil: according to data from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) the cause is mostly human, but there is a direct aggravation caused by the drought

The Juan Manuel Márquez Children's Hospital in the capital received this Wednesday a donation from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) consisting of tablets and vials of the drug dexamethasone to support the country's response to…

“Vaccine passport” in Brazil: in Rio de Janeiro the rules will be even stricter, starting on the 15th

On 14 August, a terrible earthquake in Haiti killed about 2,200 people and injured about 12,000. After a few days, there was an appalling silence on the subject, interrupted only by a fine initiative by Harvard Medical School, as regards…