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April 2013
Cuban biotech industry expected to double in five years
April 25, 2013
Yahoo! News India
Havana, April 25 (IANS) Cuba's biotechnology industry is expected to double over the next five years, bringing in more than $5 billion in export revenues, an official said.
Blue Scorpion Venom: Cuba's Miracle Drug
April 19, 2013
Miami New Times
The treatment is now poised for a global premiere. Cuba's state pharmaceutical company, Labiofam, recently began mass-producing a homeopathic version called Vidatox. A handful of countries have registered it for sale, and a small black market to move the product around the globe has emerged.
How Cubans' Health Improved When Their Economy Collapsed
April 18, 2013
The Atlantic
When Cuba's benefactor, the Soviet Union, closed up shop in the early 1990s, it sent the Caribbean nation into an economic tailspin from which it would not recover for over half a decade.
Cuba and Vietnam Sign Agreement on Educational Cooperation
April 18, 2013
Carib Journal
Cuba and Vietnam have signed an agreement to strengthen bilateral cooperation on education, Cuba’s government announced on Thursday.
January 2013
Cuba battling Havana cholera outbreak
January 15, 2013
Yahoo! News
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban authorities are scrambling to contain a cholera outbreak that has sickened dozens of people in Havana, the capital city of 2.2 million residents and a popular tourism destination. In a brief communiqué issued on Tuesday, the Health Ministry said the outbreak was first detected on January 6, and was being contained.
December 2012
Chavez undergoes cancer surgery in Cuba
December 11, 2012
Reuters News
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's Hugo Chavez underwent surgery in Cuba on Tuesday for a cancer recurrence that has thrown his presidency into jeopardy and upended politics in the South American OPEC nation.
Cuba stays silent about deadly cholera outbreak
December 8, 2012
MiamiHerald.com
It's the disease that the government doesn't acknowledge, because it might deter tourists from coming to the island.
November 2012
80 Pct of Cuban AIDS patients diagnosed since 1986 still alive
November 26, 2012
Fox News Latino
The number of people diagnosed with AIDS in Cuba from 1986 to Oct. 23, 2012 totals some 17,224, of whom 80 percent are still alive, official media said Monday.
Europe to test drug made in Cuba
November 14, 2012
Financial Times Print Edition (USA)
A revolutionary medicine for diabetes developed by Cuban scientists is set to be tested in late-stage clinical trials in Europe next year.
October 2012
Cuba closes hospitals, other facilities as health budgets shrink and sector restructured
October 11, 2012
The Washington Post
HAVANA — Cuba shuttered hundreds of medical facilities last year, including 54 hospitals, as the country reorganizes its health care sector. The number of medical installations nationwide fell from 13,203 in 2010 to 12,738 last year, a decline of 3.5 percent, according to figures posted online in recent days by the National Office of Statistics. The reductions included everything from general hospitals to family clinics, the small medical outposts that are ubiquitous across the island.