Health

My daughter could die": family denounces that EPS does not provide medication to young woman with rare disease

Anguish has taken hold of a family in the Barrios Unidos locality, in Bogotá, where the parents of a 17-year-old girl denounce that their daughter, diagnosed with a rare disease, has gone more than a year without regularly receiving the medication she needs to protect her body from serious infections.

Planning to travel for Holy Week? Here are the vaccines you should have up to date

Between March 29 and April 5, the Holy Week travel season will take place in Colombia. Photo: iStock

Panama strengthens epidemiological surveillance amid measles cases in Costa Rica

Panama reinforced epidemiological surveillance throughout the country due to the increase in measles cases in the region and recent infections detected in Costa Rica, reported the Ministry of Health.

Panama strengthens epidemiological surveillance amid measles cases in Costa Rica

Panama has reinforced epidemiological surveillance throughout the country due to an increase in measles cases in the region and recent infections detected in Costa Rica, the Ministry of Health reported.

10-year-old boy remains hospitalized after being run over by a car in Northern Antioquia

A traffic accident in which a child under 10 years of age was seriously injured has shocked the inhabitants of the municipality of Santa Rosa d...

Skincare Opens Space for New Brands in a Growing Market

Ximena Faudel, country manager of ZO Skin Health.

Station, which was disputed for its use, will now serve early childhood in Medellín: it had been closed for 2 years

Starting this Thursday, March 12, the old El Bosque train station, located in commune 4, Aranjuez in Medellín, will begin to function as...

These are the sanctions against the tourist center where a woman died after an accident on a slide

Authorities have taken strong measures against the Entre Flores establishment after the tragic incident that claimed the life of Yuris Cristel Ca...

Honduras registers nine deaths from whooping cough in 2026, already surpassing all of 2025

Honduras registered nine deaths from whooping cough so far in 2026, after the death of a three-month-old baby in the department of Olancho was confirmed, thus exceeding the total deaths reported during all of 2025.

She chained herself to get her mother's medication: the ordeal of a cancer patient in Bogotá

The struggle of Martha Ofelia Rodríguez, a 57-year-old patient with lung cancer, is not only against the disease but also against a health system suffering from a medication crisis across the country. After months of interruption in her treatment, her daughter, Natali Páez, was forced to chain herself to a Famisanar EPS headquarters to demand the medication.

Honduras confirms first human death in 2026 from the screwworm

Honduras confirmed the first death from myiasis caused by the screwworm so far in 2026, a parasitic disease that already has 76 human cases in the country.

With producers in El Jícaro

The Institute of Agricultural Health Protection held a Meeting with Producers and Producers from El Jícaro, Nueva Segovia, with the objective of strengthening sanitary actions.