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Uruguay’s health authorities warn of drowning on beaches

Published on: December 10, 2024
14:25

Montevideo, Dec 10 (Prensa Latina) Uruguay's health authorities are on the alert on Tuesday, as the southern summer season starts, bringing along risks of drowning on rivers and beaches of this country's Atlantic seashore.

Bacteria outbreak in Mexico kills 17 children

Published on: December 10, 2024
12:53

Mexico City, Dec 10 (Prensa Latina) A total of 17 children have died following an outbreak of bloodstream infection triggered by the Klebsiella oxytoca bacteria in three states of Mexico, the Secretary of Health, David Kershenobich, reported on Tuesday.

Bolivia calls on the UN to decriminalize coca leaves

Published on: December 10, 2024
11:27

La Paz, Dec 10 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia reiterated its defense of the coca leaf at the United Nations (UN) Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, held in Vienna, Austria, an official source said today.

ESA launches satellites to create artificial solar eclipses

Published on: December 10, 2024
00:15

London, Dec 10 (Prensa Latina) The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched satellites to create artificial solar eclipses that will allow scientists to study the solar corona better, digital media highlighted on Monday.

Cuba hosts national symposium on heart donors and recipients

Published on: December 9, 2024
17:48

Havana, Dec 9 (Prensa Latina) The Symposium on heart donors and recipients, From heart to heart, took place on Monday at the Hermanos Ameijeiras Clinical Surgical Hospital, where the first organ transplant in Cuba was performed 39 years ago.

Cuba acknowledges Togo’s support for fight against US hostility

Published on: December 9, 2024
17:13

Havana, Dec 9 (Prensa Latina) Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Monday acknowledged Togo's support for Cuba's fight against the hostility by the Government of the United States.

Work of over 300 Cuban medical experts acknowledged in Calabria

Published on: December 9, 2024
16:59

Rome, Dec 9 (Prensa Latina) The Italy-Cuba National Friendship Association (ANAIC) presented a plaque on Monday in recognition to the Cuban Medical Brigade that has provided its service in the southern region of Calabria, two years after the start of this successful health mission.

Bolivia considers first mosquitoes irradiation a milestone

Published on: December 9, 2024
11:23

La Paz, Dec 9 (Prensa Latina) The Bolivian Nuclear Energy Agency (ABEN) called a “historic milestone” the first irradiation of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, transmitters of diseases such as yellow fever, dengue, chickungunya and zica, in a national facility.

Perceptible earthquake shakes eastern Cuba

Published on: December 9, 2024
11:05

Santiago de Cuba, Dec 9 (Prensa Latina) The Station Network of the Cuban National Seismological Service (SSNC) reported on Monday a perceptible 3.4-magnitude earthquake in Richter's scale in several localities of Guantanamo and Santiago de Cuba.

Italy reports more Covid-19 related cases and less deaths

Published on: December 8, 2024
18:35

Rome, Dec 8 (Prensa Latina) From November 28 to December 4, 2024, Italy reported a 15 percent increase in cases of Covid-19, compared to the previous week, after recording 2,440 infected patients, according to a report published Sunday.

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