Dominican Dermatological Institute graduates new specialists
Health November 14, 2023 | 4:13 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Dermatological and Skin Surgery Institute "Dr. Huberto Bogaert Díaz" celebrated the graduation of its fifty-third class of postgraduate resident doctors in dermat[...]Study advances in Dominican Republic on dengue and immune environment
Health November 14, 2023 | 10:26 am
Santo Domingo.- The UCE Research Laboratory of Emerging Diseases and Molecular Biology is contributing to a study titled "Dengue and the Immune Environment," which aims to investigate[...]Concerns rise as Dominican Republic allows meat imports from Brazil, risking disease outbreaks
Health November 13, 2023 | 12:19 pm
Santo Domingo.- The National Association of Livestock Producers of Meat (Asocarne) has expressed its deep concern over the Dominican government's decision to grant permits for the imp[...]Vaccine against chikungunya approved in the United States
Health November 13, 2023 | 8:11 am
USA.- The Valneva group's chikungunya vaccine has received approval in the United States, marking the first vaccine against this mosquito-borne viral disease in the Americas. Chiku[...]FAO representative in the country: “A healthy diet costs 60% more”
Health November 8, 2023 | 3:37 pm
Santo Domingo.- Rodrigo Castañeda, the representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the Dominican Republic, emphasized the need for improvem[...]70% of adults are overweight and obese, according to the FAO
Health November 7, 2023 | 1:54 pm
Santo Domingo.- Rodrigo Castañeda, the representative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the Dominican Republic, disclosed that a staggering 70% of the [...]Private health sector gives way to modernity with the use of AI
Health November 7, 2023 | 11:21 am
Santo Domingo.- The healthcare sector in Santiago, Dominican Republic, is experiencing a significant transformation, thanks to the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Leading[...]Yesterday the mosquito eradication operation was held in neighborhoods of Villa Duarte, in SDE
Health November 4, 2023 | 9:00 am
Santo Domingo East—The authorities continued on Friday to carry out campaigns against the Aedes aegypti mosquito that causes dengue fever in the Simónico, Maquiteria, and other neighborhoods in the[...]Clinics full of dengue patients; no more beds
Health November 4, 2023 | 7:22 am
Santo Domingo—Families who need a bed for a minor or adult patient with any chronic or acute illness experience a veritable via Crucis. Up to 30-35% of beds in the private sector are occupied by feb[...]Dominican Republic emerges as premier medical tourism destination in the Caribbean
Health November 3, 2023 | 8:15 am
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Republic has solidified its position as the leading medical tourism destination in the Caribbean and ranks second in Latin America, attaining the 19th sp[...]56% of dengue patients in the Dominican Republic don’t seek treatment soon enough
Health November 2, 2023 | 8:07 am
Santo Domingo.- Public Health authorities in the Dominican Republic have reported three new confirmed deaths in minors due to dengue, bringing the total number of deaths from the dise[...]Official deaths from dengue increase to 16; cases rise to 15,606
Health November 1, 2023 | 3:16 pm
Santo Domingo.- Public health authorities reported three new confirmed deaths in minor patients due to dengue on Wednesday, bringing the total number of dengue-related deaths this yea[...]Abinader denies there is a plan to privatize Los Mina Maternity
Health November 1, 2023 | 9:56 am
Santo Domingo.- President Luis Abinader has described the recent protest at the Los Mina Maternity Hospital as an attempt at "blackmail" related to alleged privatization of the hospit[...]Patients with suspected dengue continue to overwhelm health centers in the Dominican Republic
Health October 31, 2023 | 8:54 am
Santo Domingo.- The demand for medical care for feverish patients with suspected dengue remained high in emergency and hospitalization areas yesterday. Healthcare centers and medical [...]According to authorities, some 27,000 people participated in operations against dengue fever in DR
Health October 29, 2023 | 8:00 am
Around 27,000 people participated this Saturday in the operations of the National Action against Dengue program that the Dominican Republic is carrying out in different parts of the country to prevent[...]“Dengue is not ending, nothing is decreasing,” shouts grandmother at Hugo Mendoza Hospital.
Health October 28, 2023 | 11:03 am
Santo Domingo.- The concern and distrust caused by the number of dengue fever patients continues among parents attending hospitals in Santo Domingo, where children with symptoms and suspicions of the [...]Pediatricians are exhausted by high demand for dengue cases
Health October 27, 2023 | 4:00 pm
Santo Domingo —The medical staff is exhausted due to the large number of patients being treated for dengue and other respiratory conditions that are keeping the emergency rooms and offices of public[...]International expert: Private sector must help more to fight dengue fever
Health October 27, 2023 | 9:39 am
The business sector involved in the health sector cannot remain a mere spectator. It must become more involved in health care, participating in strategies and actions aimed at preventing and controlli[...]PLD demands investigation of dengue statistics
Health October 26, 2023 | 5:00 pm
Santo Domingo.- Opposition Dominican Liberation Party denounced that dengue fever has gotten out of the control of the Health authorities and the Government, aggravated by the manipulation of statisti[...]Health issued a measles alert
Health October 26, 2023 | 8:51 am
Santo Domingo.- The Ministry of Health issued an epidemiological alert due to increased measles in Canada, Chile, and the United States. Previously, the Pan American Health Organization had issued a [...]