Irma is already in Cuba
Hurricane Irma is already being felt in Cuba. Eastern Cuba, especially the provinces of Guantánamo and Holguín, are already getting...
Irma hits Caribbean with all its force
The “potentially catastrophic” Hurricane Irma, with a category 5 (maximum) on the Saffir-Simpson scale, is continuing its passage through the...
Cuban coral reefs in “excellent health”
A research by Cuban and U.S. scientists on the island’s coral reefs revealed their “excellent health” and the existence of...
Leslie Fermín Molerio León: Knowledge, Expertise and Willpower
Early this year, Leslie Fermín Molerio León, master in Science in Isotopic Hydrology, was elected Goodwill Ambassador of the Academy...
Morón’s meteorite
There are reports, reliably confirmed, of the fall of half a dozen meteorites on Cuban territory, almost all of them...
Scorpion injections
José Luis Casañas had already been stung on purpose by bees as a pain reliever. That’s why, when he heard...
TERAVAC-VIH: Cuban solution against AIDS?
It’s called TERAVAC-VIH and is currently in the phase of clinical trial on human beings. It is the project for...
Cryosurgery: Cuban medicine’s next novelty?
An inexpensive, effective procedure valid for more than 150 pathologies and 19 specialties, capable of saving millions of dollars with...
“¡Cuba!” in New York
Cuba in the “handkerchief” of an anole, in a pouch that inflates in the reptile’s neck and attracts the attention...
Cuban Biotechnology: More Than a Boom
The Cuban biotechnological industry has experienced a significant rise since its boom, promoted in the 1980s with the inauguration of...
IMASUB, zoom to the Cuban seabed
Underwater photography is largely responsible for taking the aura of mystery away from the bottom of the sea, as much...
A Cuban at the world meeting of Nobel Laureates
That they invited Llinersy to the World Meeting of Nobel Laureates in the German town of Lindau, took her by...
First case of Zika virus detected in Cuba
A Venezuelan doctor, 28, became the first person to be diagnosed with the Zika virus in Cuba. The young woman...
Cuba launches “military offensive” against Zika-spreading mosquitoes
More than 9,000 troops have been deployed in Cuba to conduct a national health campaign to eliminate Aedes Aegyptis mosquitoes,...
A Crocodile Farm at the Lanier Swamp
Cuba’s biggest crocodiles can be found at the Lanier Swamp, the third largest swamp in the country, which covers an...
Children fitted with ID wristbands in anticipation of earthquake
Jorgito shows his wristband off proudly. It has his name, identity number and his mother’s telephone number. "The teacher put...
Winter brings coastal floodings to Havana
All the coastal areas of the Cuban capital, above all the low-lying areas, have been taking beatings from large waves...
Beautiful bad weather in Havana
Havana has seen days of big waves and sea floods along its northern coast recently. The locals know well that...
The CRF19 strain of HIV was not so new
On February 19 we published a story that marked the Cuba trending topic on the Net. It had come to...
Good health outcomes through less privacy?
“Stop looking so nervous, you all are here for the same thing”. Just like that my attending physician told three...
More of a doctor: less of a family person?
After seven years in Venezuela, Dr. Jorge Humberto decided not to be away from his wife and daughter. Only the...
“No One is Above the Law”
For decades, differences in the standard of living of Cubans were determined, not by people’s incomes, but by the privileges...
The number one enemy of Cubans
By: Gabriela M. Fernández Before 2004, the most frequent cause of death among Cubans was related to cardiovascular problems. According...
Beyond the Wall (Part II)
The kingdom of water The irregular stony ground requires horse and boots. This strange landscape includes monolithic pieces of red...
Intimate homelands of internationalism
Reynaldo ¨Coqui¨ Villafranca must have died ten years ago, on the main promenade of Los Palacios town, when a very...
