Single Dose of LSD Provides Immediate and Lasting Relief from Anxiety
Old hippies from the 60’s will be happy to hear this story. A clinical trial’s encouraging results won US Food and...
HEALTH
Mosquitos and Dengue Fever are on the Rise
There are many reasons why expats choose to live in the mountainous regions of Panama. One is to stay out...
Measles Vaccination Campaign Begins in Chiriqui
Monday March 11th the measles vaccination campaign begins in Chiriquí Province. During this travelling show the infant population will be...
Weight Loss Drugs
Eli Lilly shares hit an all-time high after receiving FDA approval for Zepbound, an injectable medicine to help people lose...
Panama Medical Cannabis Companies Are Waiting to Hear from Minsa
The process of granting licenses for medicinal cannabis in Panama began on June 5, 2023, with the announcement of a...
HEALTH ALERT: Health Ministry withdraws meat products over Salmonella warning
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) reports that the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the United States Department...
Tobacco conference loot for the few while Cancer Institute begs for funds
Panama, as a State, has been positioning itself as a brave legionnaire in the fight against tobacco for years....
Terrible controls caused massive loss of fentanyl
There are “terrible controls” in the administration of medicines in the Social Security Fund (CSS), which led to the...
Nine days on – landfill fire sends toxic fumes over Panama City
Nine days after the start of the fire at the Cerro Patacón landfill the site in the town of...
Cigarette packs to carry graphic health images in December
Starting in December 2024, the packaging of tobacco products and cigarette packages must display five new images or...
Updated Covid-19 vaccine arrives in Panama
A new batch with 186,000 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 arrived at the Ministry of Health (Minsa), on the...
WHO warns about spread of respitatory viruses
The European regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Tuesday of the increase in flu cases in...
