In the heart of the Cuban capital, the Dr. Cosme Ordoñez Carceller Teaching Polyclinic stands as a testament to the nation’s unique approach to healthcare: universal, free of charge, accessible ...

Having the government as the single payer for health care generally keeps prices low. Countries that use this system include the United Kingdom, Spain, New Zealand and Cuba. No out-of-pocket costs ...

Cuba has qualified doctors and nurses to spare ... but that officials wanted to keep under wraps: the country’s health-care system is not what it used to be.

Alarming reports have surfaced about the dire conditions faced by psychiatric patients at the chronic mental illness care ...

A primary school in Contramaestre, a town in Santiago de Cuba ... meeting Tuesday, health minister Portal Miranda said there were 32 patients in intensive care units, three of them in critical ...

Ford recounted that a CEO had told him, "There's only two places in the world that have the health care that we have . . . Cuba and North Korea." "We need to improve," Ford said. "So we're making ...

Massachusetts House lawmakers spent nearly $30,000 in political donations last month on a trip to Cuba billed as an opportunity to learn about the island nation’s interest in biomedical research.

There is a long history of Western leftists praising Cuba's communist government ... much-vaunted supposed achievements on improving health care are, in fact, largely a combination of repression ...

On the other hand, the Cuban government gives priority to responsibilities (as advanced by a socialist state that embodies ...

Cuba, for example, reported spending the equivalent ... Servicing debt is a major impediment to governments’ investment in health care. Human Rights Watch found that Pakistan paid about seven ...

A little-known disease spread by insect bites has turned deadly, and health ... to Cuba take “enhanced precautions” in protecting themselves from bug bites and seeking medical care when ...

Canadians flying to popular locales like Cuba are being warned to take precautions ... the risks of their travel plans with their health-care provider and should go see their health-care provider ...