Month: April 2020
Joy-riding CSS board members called to explain
The Attorney General's Office and the Administration will demand details of an all-expenses-paid trip by three members of the board...
Rains with possible flooding and landslides forecast
Downpours starting on April 19 and building across the country. leading to possible flooding and landslides are predicted by Panama’s...
Steroids and heparin slowing rate of virus deaths
Early treatment with steroids and heparin has slowed the death rate of people in hospital with coronavirus says Julio Sandoval,...
Scammers move in on programs to aid the poor
Criminal investigations are underway into a series of rip-off scandals linked to government programs to assist Panama’s most disadvantaged...
HEALTH ALERT: Withdrawal of two cancer-linked drugs
The National Directorate of Pharmacy and Drugs of the Ministry of Health (Minsa) called for the withdrawal of Lorcaserin and...
Smithsonian expedition finds Panama’s biggest trees
A Smithsonian Institute scientific mission discovered some of the country's largest trees in the Darien Forest while seeking to establish...
Health system faces saturation if people ignore quarantine
If the population does not comply with the quarantine measures to stop COVID-19, the country could face the month of...
206 quarantine flouting drivers off the road
In the first week of an Executive Decree, which sanctions drivers who violate the curfew and quarantine imposed due to...
Coronavirus recoveries exceed deaths for first time
As Panama entered its total weekend lockdown in a row the Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported that on Thursday, April...
HEALTHWATCH: Miso soup against hypertension
By Michael Greger M.D. FACLM According to the second World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research expert report, “salt...
