COVID-19: 725 new cases, one death
In the weekly epidemiological report, the Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported that, from October 9 to 15, 725 new...
HEALTH
Health Ministry readies for possible cholera outbreak
Responding to the cholera outbreak in Haiti the Ministry of Health (Minsa) has convened a situation room to organize...
Prolonged use of codeine and ibrufen can cause death – EMA
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has warned that the prolonged use of drugs that combine ibuprofen and codeine,...
Panama confirms 14th monkeypox case
Case No. 14 of monkey or monkeypox was confirmed Saturday, September 24, by the Department of Epidemiology of the...
Panama VP knocks big pharma at UN Assembly
Vice President José Gabriel Carrizo proposed this Thursday, September 22, to the international community that it consider access to...
Panama registers 13th case of monkeypox
On Monday, September 19 health authorities confirmed the 13th case of monkeypox in Panama. The Department of Epidemiology of the...
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...
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...
