Washington, April 24 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said a fundamental reform of the World Health Organization was needed following its handling of the coronavirus pandemic and that the United States, the WHO’s biggest donor, may never restore funding to the U.N. agency.... More
Washington, April 24 (RHC)-- At the White House, the top scientist at the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday outlined new research showing the novel coronavirus suffers from exposure to warm and humid conditions and from high levels of ultraviolet light.... More
Beirut, April 24 (RHC)-- A Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon has reported its first coronavirus case. The Palestinian woman has since been reportedly taken to a hospital in Beirut. At least 3,000 other refugees are housed in the Wavel refugee camp. ... More
Kampala, April 24 (RHC)-- In Uganda, a women’s rights group reports at least 11 pregnant women and several children have died preventable deaths since a nationwide transport ban came into effect as part of a lockdown against the coronavirus. ... More
Newark, April 24 (RHC)-- In New Jersey, the director of the State Funeral Directors Association believes COVID-19 has claimed far more lives than officially reported, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on April 15 ordered changes in how likely deaths due to the disease are reported. ... More
San Francisco, April 24 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of California, a pair of scientific teams reported this week that blood tests found antibodies for the coronavirus in people at dozens of times the known rate of infection. ... More
Washington, April 24 (RHC)-- Reuters reports Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar tapped Brian Harrison, a longtime dog breeder with minimal public health experience, to head the U.S. coronavirus task force just as the first case of COVID-19 was detected in the United States in late January. ... More
Singer Omara Portuondo releases new version of ‘Contigo en la Distancia’ by Cesar Portillo de la Luz
This past Thursday, singer Omara Portuondo released via social networks a new version of the classical Cuban tune ‘Contigo en la Distancia’ (With you in the distance), recorded from her home.... More
Washington, April 24 (RHC)-- A top scientist at the Department of Health and Human Services says he was removed from his job after resisting President Trump’s promotion of an untested coronavirus treatment. ... More
New York, April 24 (RHC)-- The known death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has topped 184,000, with the United States continuing to lead the world in confirmed cases and fatalities. ... More
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced on Thursday that it will collaborate in the reconstruction of a historic church in Haiti, which suffered significant damage following a fire last April 13th that engulfed and destroyed its wooden dome.... More
‘Tiempo muerto, cuarentena y surrealismo con objetos’ is the title of the latest exhibition by Cuban photographer Julio César García, to be inaugurated online this Saturday, as an alternative to visualize the artist’s work in the context of necessary physical distancing due to the Covid-19 pandemic.... More
Havana, April 24 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 50 new cases of COVID-19, for an total of 1,235 positive cases across the island. ... More
Beijing, April 24 (RHC)-- An planeload of medical products acquired in China arrived in Cuba with the purpose of strengthening its capabilities while fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Cuban ambassador to China, Carlos Miguel Pereira.... More
Havana, April 24 (RHC)-- Since the first cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on the island in early March, the Cuban government has carried out a daily battle against the pandemic, making it a priority on its agenda.... More
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