Health

El Niño's High Temperatures and Water Scarcity Would Increase Health Risks

El Niño's High Temperatures and Water Scarcity Would Increase Health Risks. Photo: iStock

Critical Thinking and Life Purpose

Critical thinking helps us understand that life purpose is not linear, it evolves with us and requires change

Another Prisoner Dies in Zulia Under State Custody: 10 Deaths in Just Over a Week

The Venezuelan Observatory of Prisons (OVP) denounced the death of another prisoner under state custody. This time it is Antonio José Manzano, who died in the old 'El Marite' prison in Maracaibo, Zulia state, after suffering a health decline and not receiving adequate medical attention.

Delays in Diagnosis Warned Due to Suspension of Services to Nueva EPS at the National Cancer Institute

Starting Thursday, April 30, the National Cancer Institute will temporarily stop attending to new oncology patients from Nueva EPS due to its debt, which amounts to 146 billion pesos.

“Harm can be avoided”: Astrid Liliana Pérez’s purpose from Asonap

Workplace safety and health has gained importance beyond company limits to become a tool for social transformation in Colombia.

What happens after death, according to a Colombian medium

The question of what happens after death has once again sparked debate following the testimony of medium Natalia Patiño, who claims to have had contact with what she calls the "spiritual world" since childhood. Her statements were made in an interview published on ‘Paranormal Stories with Esteban Cruz’

The restaurant in Olaya that employs 18 young people with Down syndrome

This Friday, May 1st, will be the inauguration of the Ruleli Especial restaurant, located in the Olaya Herrera neighborhood, Central sector, which has the novelty of being attended by 18 young people with Down syndrome.

OVP denounces new death of prisoner in state custody and alerts to prison crisis in Venezuela

The Venezuelan Prison Observatory (OVP) denounced the death of a inmate in state custody, amid what it describes as a systematic pattern of neglect and human rights violations within the country's prison system. According to the organization, the deceased was identified as Antonio José Manzano, who died [...]

Debt of intervened EPS exceeds $347 billion and pressures hospital operations in Bogotá

Gerson Bermont, District Secretary of Health of Bogotá Photo: Courtesy Bogotá District Health Secretariat

Open Curtain: Pain in Performance

Pain has different faces. It can smile and still be there: in bed, sprawled out; in photos, under runway spotlights.

Mumps, the disease that has already left more than a thousand cases this year in Colombia

Mumps is a viral infection characterized by painful inflammation of the salivary glands, especially in the cheek and jaw area.

Nearly nine thousand cancer patients affected: Nueva EPS patients after crisis with Cancer Institute

The Colombian health system is going through a storm where lack of payments, information opacity, and political decisions are leaving thousands of patients adrift. At the center of this crisis is, once again, Nueva EPS, the health provider with the largest number of affiliates in the country, which today faces the closure of vital institutions such as the National Cancer Institute (INC).