Covid-19 indicators improve but too early to declare victory
Panama has shown indicators of Covid-19 not seen since mid-December when before the presence of the Omicron variant was...
HEALTH
3 covid-19 deaths – test positivity at 5.2%
Three people have died in the last hours due to Covid-19, reported the Ministry of Health (Minsa) on Tuesday, March...
School vaccination against covid and other diseases starts Mar.14
Vaccination against covid-19 and other diseases will start in Panama schools on March 14, as part of the strategies to...
Martinelli’s white elephant hospital opens in July
The Cardiovascular and Thoracic Institute of Panama’s City of Health will receive its first patients on July 12 said the...
Drastic drop in Covid-19 cases brings Panama near control level
A drastic drop in daily cases as well as those hospitalized with covid-19 in recent days, compared to January has...
HEALTH: The Internet the Wild West of cancer cure claims
By Michael Greger M.D. FACLM Shark cartilage supplements carry risks, but so do many cancer treatments. The question...
Health Ministry clampdown on electronic cigarettes
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) has reiterated that the sale of electronic cigarettes is prohibited at the national...
Prosecutor awaits autopsy report on plastic surgery death
The Homicide and Femicide section of the Metropolitan Prosecutor's Office awaits an autopsy report from the Institute of Legal Medicine...
New cases of Covid -19 continue to fall
The Ministry of Health (Minsa), on Monday, February 28, reported 4 deaths and 236 new cases of Covid-19, in...
Warning on plastic surgery abroad
With two Panamanians “fighting for their lives” in health institutions in the country, as a result of complications from plastic...
Decrease in main indicators, but pandemic fourth wave continues
Although there has been a decrease in the main indicators of the pandemic –such as deaths, hospitalizations, and positivity- the...
Doctors say England’s “living with covid” plan will cause anxiety
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled his “living with COVID” plan Monday, which involves dropping all pandemic precautions in...
