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Health officials in Panama are breathing a cautious sigh of relief this week. A severe outbreak of gastrointestinal illness in…

Patients scheduled for surgery at Panama’s flagship hospital will need to make new plans starting this week. The Caja de…

A wave of gastrointestinal illness has swept through six schools in Panama’s western Chiriquí province, forcing administrators to suspend in-person…

The emergency rooms in Panama’s western region looked more like disaster triage centers than quiet clinics this week. Nearly 450…

Panama City, Panama – Strokes are no longer just a disease of the elderly. Young people in Panama are suffering…

Panama City, Panama – Health authorities have administered more than 150,000 measles vaccine doses across the country. The Ministry of…

Panama’s Executive Branch has extended a price control decree for bottled water in two provinces hit by severe drought. The…

The head of Panama’s national water authority dropped a bombshell this week. Antonio Manuel Tercero González, director of the Institute…

Rising food prices are pushing families in Panama to grow their own produce. Home gardens have emerged as a practical…

The Panama Ministry of Health set up a vaccination station inside the Great Family Fair at Omar Park this Saturday.…