HEALTH WATCH: Poulty the most common cause of food poisoning
By Michael Greger M.D. FACLM Poultry is the most common cause of serious food-poisoning outbreaks, followed by fish, then beefThe...
HEALTH
4,877 dengue cases so far this year surpass all of 2021
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported 4,887 accumulated cases of dengue up to September 3 an increase of 2,728...
Over 4,000 cases of Malaria in Panama
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported Friday that a total of 4,076 accumulated cases of malaria are registered throughout...
Study confirms medicines in Panama cost more
A study by the firm Indesa has confirmed what we all already sensed or knew: that medicines in Panama...
First heart surgery at City of Health
A 36-year-old patient with a congenital heart defect became the first to undergo heart surgery at the recently opened Cardiovascular...
Health Ministry confirms 12th case of monkeypox
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) confirmed on Monday, September 5 the twelfth case of monkeypox in Panama. The infected...
Health Ministry confirms 11th case of monkeypox
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) confirmed on Friday, September 2, the 11th case of monkeypox, upon detecting the virus in...
Medicinal cannabis legalized in Panama
With the publication in the Official Gazette on Thursday, September 1, the executive decrees that regulate the medicinal use...
Expat becomes 10th monkeypox case in Panama
A 29-year-old foreigner residing in Panama has become the 10th case of monkeypox reports the Ministry of Health (Minsa)....
Medicines containing ranitidine withdrawn from Panama
The director of Pharmacy and Drugs of the Ministry of Health (Minsa), Elvia Lau, announced Monday that medicines containing...
Pharmacy owners ask Supreme Court to suspend discount decree
The National Union of Pharmacy Owners (Unprofa), will ask the Third Chamber of the Supreme Court to suspend the...
Two monkeypox community cases confirmed
The Minister of Health, Luis Francisco Sucre, confirmed Sunday that there are two community cases of monkeypox in Panama,...
