Almost 4 Out Of Every 10 Children are Overweight or Obese in Panama
In its Child Nutrition Report 2025 , the United Nations Children's Population Fund (UNICEF) concluded that 2025 was the first year in which...
HEALTH
Classes are Suspended at Six Schools in Chiriquí: Gastrointestinal Illness Spikes
The emergence of cases of students and teachers with gastrointestinal symptoms forced educational authorities to temporarily suspend in-person classes at...
Drinking Water in Chiriquí Meets Quality Standards: IDAAN Assures Consumers
The National Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (IDAAN) reported that it is maintaining permanent monitoring of the quality of drinking...
Over 450 People in David Panama Report Vomiting and Diarrhea: Norovirus Outbreak Under Investigation
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) is investigating an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness registered in the district of David, province of Chiriquí,...
MINSA in Panama Strengthens an Awareness Campaign in Pueblo Nuevo Regarding Dengue Prevention
The Ministry of Health (MINSA), through the Panama Metro Health Region, carried out an awareness campaign in the township of...
Cases of Avian Influenza Detected in Central America: Panama Strengthens Surveillance
Panama City, Panama: Panama is maintaining reinforced epidemiological surveillance in response to the cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) recently reported in...
CSS Consolidates its Leadership in Panama by Surpassing 400 Bone Marrow Transplants
The Social Security Fund (CSS) has performed more than 400 hematopoietic stem cell transplants since 2000, consolidating its leadership in...
MINSA Awards a Multi-Million Dollar Contract to the Company Formerly Owned by Minister Boyd
Perhaps it was a slip of the tongue, a betrayal born of carelessness, or a simple mistake. It happened days...
INDICASAT AIP and the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Panama Join Forces
The director of INDICASAT (Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología) is Dr. Timothy Thomson pictured above and...
Panama Minister of Health Fernando Boyd Galindo Imported Medicines without Health Registrations from his Former Company
Reports and public scrutiny in Panama have highlighted that the Ministry of Health (MINSA) awarded government contracts and procurement purchases...
Hemodialysis Patients Threaten Closure at Horacio Díaz Gómez Polyclinic in Santiago
A group of hemodialysis patients from the Horacio Díaz Gómez Polyclinic of the Social Security Fund (CSS) in Santiago, Veraguas, are demanding urgent...
Panama’s CSS Cataract Surgery Benefits 40 Patients in Aguadulce
A total of 40 patients are benefiting from a cataract surgery event taking place this weekend at the Rafael Estévez...
