Panama’s Role in Silent Polio Victory
By Dr R. Richel This week, the world reached a milestone that it has been fighting for for decades. In...
HEALTH
Curfew flouting party scandal puts presidency official on hot seat
The scandal of the curfew -flouting birthday party involving government employees at the La Fragata restaurant-bar on Wednesday, August 26...
Frontline healthcare professionals get part of back pay
The Panama Ministry of Health (Minsa) began to dole out part of the money owed to doctors, nurses and health...
Minister promises tough response to La Fragata event
An investigation is still open into the events at the La Fragata restaurant bar, in Obarrio, on Wednesday with the...
Panama exceeds China with Covid-19 cases as retransmission falls.
With an average of 892 new infections per day, Panama has accumulated until has, 88, 485 cases of COVID-19 since...
Civic volunteer groups to hand out 26,000 masks and shields.
Over 26,000 masks and face shields will be distributed at the Albrook, Cinco de Mayo, San Miguelito, El Crisol, and...
Working without proper equipment is suicide say covid nurses
Nurses from the San Miguel Arcángel Hospital in San Miguelito took to the streets on Tuesday, August 25 for the...
COVID-19 cases falling but 2,500 deaths by mid-October
As Panama awaits a government announcement about moves to re-open the economy there are reports that by mid-October the number...
HEALTH: How the Lead Paint Industry Got Away With It.
By Michael Greger M.D. FACLM We have known for thousands of years that lead can be toxic and for more...
Third nurse in a week killed by COVID-19
The third death this week of a nurse with coronavirus was confirmed on Friday, August 21 by the wasNational Association...
Protesting covid fighting doctors paid with promises
At least 400 doctors hired by the Ministry of Health (Minsa) in June on three- month renewable contracts to face...
Second frontline nurse dies from coronavirus
Elvia Muñoz, 54, who died on Thursday, August 20 was the second nurse this week to fall victim to the...
