Health

Mental health, hostage of a health system in crisis:

The real weight of this crisis falls on those who sustain care. The patient waits for months, the doctor works to the limit, the nurse works impossible shifts, the family member becomes an unpaid caregiver, and the system responds with bureaucracy, uncertainty, and scarcity. When exhaustion becomes the norm, mental health becomes the center of the problem. Law 2460 of 2025 and the new Health Human Talent Policy already recognize the dimension of the problem; what is serious is that reality continues to lag behind the norm.

Ariel Pérez, the Palenquero youth who lost his life in a motorcycle and semi-truck crash

A 21-year-old young man lost his life in a traffic accident registered around 5:30 in the morning this Saturday, March 21, on the Troncal de Occidente, on the outskirts of San Basilio de Palenque on the road connecting to El Viso.

Following a serious accident in Bogotá, the sister of Dilan Cruz, the young man who died during the so-called "social outbreak" in 2019, passes away

The family of Dilan Cruz Medina, the young man who died due to injuries caused by the Police six years ago, during the so-called "social outbreak"...

The University of Antioquia is part of the first large study on dementia in Latin America

Paranoia, insomnia, disorientation, memory loss, and aggression. These were some of the symptoms that doctors recorded in the history of...

How to Avoid Gym Injuries: Recommendations for Safe Training

The increase in people training in gyms has also brought with it an increase in muscle and joint injuries.

Bogotá Mayor's Office asks to get vaccinated against yellow fever before traveling during Holy Week

Portafolio Journalist 03.21.2026 09:57 Updated: 03.21.2026 09:57

How to practice medicine as a transgender person

In the halls of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), Diego Rosal learned that the human body is a map of complex systems. What the books did not teach him was how to navigate a health system that, legally and administratively, insists on not recognizing its own existence.

Public school in Bucaramanga closed due to chickenpox outbreak

The Santander Health Secretariat confirmed the temporary closure of an important public school in Bucaramanga due to a chickenpox outbreak among students aged 5 to 12 years.

About 50 million people on alert for record heatwave after winter in the US

A record heatwave is affecting about 50 million people in the southwestern United States, with extreme temperatures unusual for March already exceeding historical highs.

Surgical and Urological Health in Masaya

Tomorrow, Saturday, March 21, the Mega Fair of General Surgery and Urology will be held at the Comandante Hilario Sánchez Vásquez Hospital in Masaya, with 82 specialists providing care to over a thousand participants from this department.

Building well-being

The Sandinista Good Government, through the Ministry of Family, continues to promote pre-labor training processes aimed at adolescents.

MINSA develops Pregnant Women's Care Fair in Managua

With the purpose of maintaining pregnancy in optimal conditions, the Ministry of Health (MINSA), through the Dra. Ligia Altamirano Women's Care Center.