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Growing Presence of the Dengue Fever Mosquito in Santa Clara / Yoel Espinosa Medrano

SANTA CLARA, Cuba, October 1, 2013, Yoel Espinosa Medrano / www.cubanet.org.- This city has a total of 657 foci of the Aedes Aegypi mosquito, 133 more compared 20 days ago, according to official data. Juan José Pulido, director of Public Health for the area, reported on provincial radio that the situation is alarming because the … Continue reading “Growing Presence of the Dengue Fever Mosquito in Santa Clara / Yoel Espinosa Medrano”

Official Communication: Dengue Fever Confirmed; Angel Santiesteban Released from Hospital

On Saturday the 21st in the afternoon, Angel Santieseteban-Prats was released from the hospital after his diagnosis of dengue fever was confirmed, and he was transferred from Salvador Allende Hospital to the prison facility in Lawton once again. Just yesterday afternoon, Angel began to feel more strength and has been eating with greater appetite, but … Continue reading “Official Communication: Dengue Fever Confirmed; Angel Santiesteban Released from Hospital”

Official Communication: Angel Santiesteban Admitted to Salvador Allende Hospital with Dengue Fever / Angel Santiesteban

Headline in Official Newspaper: There is no dengue epidemic in Cuba From Friday the 13th, Angel Santiesteban Prats presented with sporadic fever spikes, without the prison authorities responding to his requests for medical attention. Just yesterday afternoon, Tuesday the 17th, they decided to send him “just as a routine” to the doctor, and after the … Continue reading “Official Communication: Angel Santiesteban Admitted to Salvador Allende Hospital with Dengue Fever / Angel Santiesteban”

Dengue Fever and No Dengue Fever / Rebeca Monzo

Dengue fever is now a fact of life in our country. Clearly this is not published in the official media, but over the entire year they are fumigating the houses and the establishments, although this measure, for what they’ve been able to show, hasn’t done a thing: it just distresses and annoys people in their … Continue reading “Dengue Fever and No Dengue Fever / Rebeca Monzo”

María’s Dengue Fever / Rebeca Monzo

María is a beautiful woman in our neighborhood who, every afternoon, very made up, is out walking her dog, and each time that I see her I can only think of Chekov. Today she woke up with her body in pain, a little cough and feeling chills, so she decided to go to the polyclinic … Continue reading “María’s Dengue Fever / Rebeca Monzo”

Two Provinces in Central Cuba Enter the ‘Epidemic Phase’ From an Upsurge in Dengue Infections

14ymedio, Havana, 17 August 17, 2023 — The authorities of Sancti Spíritus and Ciego de Ávila have decreed the “epidemic phase” in the rise of dengue fever infections. After registering a rate of 14.4 patients per 1,000 in the last week – and although the neighboring province does not reveal its figures – the Ministry … Continue reading “Two Provinces in Central Cuba Enter the ‘Epidemic Phase’ From an Upsurge in Dengue Infections”

Dengue Cases in Santiago de Cuba Reach Disturbing Levels, Especially in Palma Soriano

14ymedio, Havana, 29 May 2023 – – The rainy season is just beginning and dengue threatens again. In Santiago de Cuba, the contagion figures are already worrying, as an article published this Saturday in Sierra Maestra warns. “In recent days the number of medical attentions for non-specific febrile syndrome has increased, as well as reactive … Continue reading “Dengue Cases in Santiago de Cuba Reach Disturbing Levels, Especially in Palma Soriano”

BioCubaFarma Announces a Dengue Vaccine for 2023, Already in Use Since 2015 in Other Countries

14ymedio, Havana, 16 February 2023 — BioCubaFarma hopes that this year they will finally have the first vaccination candidate against dengue, after almost a decade of research, Eduardo Martínez Díaz, president of the state pharmaceutical group, told the official press on Thursday. In 2013, Cuba began the first studies to develop a vaccine against the … Continue reading “BioCubaFarma Announces a Dengue Vaccine for 2023, Already in Use Since 2015 in Other Countries”

Cuban Government Warns of the Brutal Rise of Dengue on the Island, but Hides the Figures

14ymedio, Madrid, 9 September 2022 — In the hour and a half that the State television Roundtable program lasted, dedicated this Thursday — in its own words — to “provide comprehensive information about the dengue fever virus,” no one was able to learn the number of cases that have been diagnosed in Cuba. The Deputy … Continue reading “Cuban Government Warns of the Brutal Rise of Dengue on the Island, but Hides the Figures”

Releasing Mosquitoes with Drones, the Hope for Fighting Dengue in America

EFE (via 14ymedio), Lucy Lorena Libreros, 27 August 2022 — America continues to fight a hard battle to counteract the advance of dengue fever in the region. In addition to measures such as the elimination of mosquito breeding sites and fumigation, there is now an unusual technique: using drones to release communities of mosquitoes ’vaccinated’ with … Continue reading “Releasing Mosquitoes with Drones, the Hope for Fighting Dengue in America”

Dengue and Coronavirus, a Double Battle

14ymedio, Havana, April 2, 2020 — “I began feeling very bad, weak, and when I saw that I was getting a rash, I knew it was dengue,” says Manuel, 46, from Camagüey. Dengue continues unabated, but now it competes with the propagation of the coronavirus, which has priority. Manuel lives in Reparto Garrido, where, in … Continue reading “Dengue and Coronavirus, a Double Battle”

Our Annual Summer Dengue / Fernando Damaso

Fernando Damaso, 22 October 2019 — By the end of Cuba’s colonial period, the country was suffering from a high mortality rate. Malaria, smallpox, childhood tetanus, typhoid, yellow fever and other diseases were decimating the population. An interventionist government in the United States first assigned General Brooke, then General Wood, the task of quickly improving … Continue reading “Our Annual Summer Dengue / Fernando Damaso”

Two Days in a Havana Hospital ’Suspected of Dengue’

14ymedio, Luz Escobar, Havana, 15 July 2019 — First there was the fever and then the rash broke out. The nine-year-old girl arrived at the 19th of April Policlinic in Havana at noon, last Tuesday. She was diagnosed the minute she crossed the clinic threshold: “That is dengue, she will be admitted,” said the emergency … Continue reading “Two Days in a Havana Hospital ’Suspected of Dengue’”

Artemisa Municipality Records up to 30 Admissions a Day for Dengue

14ymedio, Bertha K. Guillén, San Cristóbal (Artemisa), 1 July 2019 — An outbreak of dengue keeps Public Health authorities on alert in San Cristóbal, in the province of Artemisa. Up until now seven people have been confirmed as carriers of the virus, but more than twenty are admitted under suspicion, as an official from the Institute of Hygiene … Continue reading “Artemisa Municipality Records up to 30 Admissions a Day for Dengue”

Dengue and Zika Advancing in Cienfuegos

14ymedio, Justo Mora / Mario J. Pentón, Cienfuegos/Miami, December 12, 2018 –Winter hasn’t managed to contain the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which is grazing freely in Cienfuegos. 198 people have been seen in the past week under suspicion of dengue, and 22 suspected cases of Zika have been recorded, which makes the province one of those … Continue reading “Dengue and Zika Advancing in Cienfuegos”