HEALTH

Dengue mosquito count climbs in San Miguelito

November 2, 2011

The infestation level of the dengue carrying mosquito Aedes aegypti in San Miguelito has jumped from 1.5% to 2.2 % says...

Doctors dont know why they are striking Health Minister

October 29, 2011

PANAMA’S striking doctors are ruled by a group of people with a failed political agenda who don’t know why they...

Putting gold into the golden age

October 23, 2011

Good nutrition and exercise for the mind and body can help put gold into the golden age said a psychiatrist...

Sick kids hospital planned forformer US embassy site

October 19, 2011

The Financial Tower that was to have soared above Avenids Balboa and the Santo Tomas Hospital is now the stuff...

Panama to clamp down on indiscrimate antibiotic use

October 17, 2011

Panama’s Ministry of Health (MOH) plans to clamp down on the indiscrimate use of antibiotics, long believed to be a...

Minister denies University mosquito habitat findings

October 13, 2011

Only 48 hours after University of Panama (UP) researches identified a second mosquito genus as a transmitter of dengue Panama’s...

KPC cases in Chiriqui jump to 10

October 12, 2011

The number of people infected with the bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase -resistant (KPC), in Chiriqui province, has jumped to 10. (more…)

Panama study shows tiger mosquito another transmitter of dengue

October 10, 2011

Panama,renowned for its role in combating malaria has identified a second genus of mosquito transmitting dengue, which has killed 10 people...

Dengue death toll continues to rise

October 6, 2011

The number of deaths from hemorrhagic dengue in Panama continues to rise. The latest victim was a woman from Herrera,...

Second KPC case in Santo Tomas Hospital

September 30, 2011

A second case of the bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase,(KPC) resistant to antibiotics has been found in Panama’s Santo Hospital (HST). Says the...