Health
Venezuela's prescription for drug shortage: herbs
With an estimated five percent of needed medicines available, Venezuela on Friday launched a health plan that relies on herbs and natural remedies.
Jan 20, 2018
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Groups quietly bypass Venezuela's ban on humanitarian aid
In a stuffy, second-floor store room, a volunteer sorts through boxes of imported medicines and arranges them one by one on metallic shelves in alphabetical order. There's Euthyrox for thyroid problems, Clexane to stop blood ...
May 16, 2017
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Therapists busy fighting Venezuela's emotional crisis
In Venezuela, if the hunger, armed robbers and medicine shortages don't kill you, then the demons of depression and anxiety just might.
Sep 29, 2016
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Health
Florida pharmacies taking orders from crisis-hit Venezuela
The phone rings off the hook these days at some pharmacies in Florida and the calls are long-distance: from Venezuelans desperate for everything from diapers to cancer medication.
May 10, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Venezuela says 3 dead from Zika complications
Venezuela has announced the first Zika-related deaths in the South American country.
Feb 12, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Venezuela reports 4,700 suspected Zika cases
Venezuela has recorded 4,700 suspected cases of people infected by the Zika virus, which is thought to cause brain damage in babies, the health ministry said on Thursday.
Jan 28, 2016
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Medical research
Unprecedented germ diversity found in remote Amazonian tribe
In a remote part of the Venezuelan Amazon, scientists have discovered that members of a village isolated from the modern world have the most diverse colonies of bacteria ever reported living in and on the human body.
Apr 17, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Mastectomies on the rise in Venezuela amid economic crisis
Oncologist Gabriel Romero performs hundreds of life-saving surgeries a year, but he no longer takes pleasure in his work.
Mar 24, 2015
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Health
Condoms scarce in teen pregnancy-plagued Venezuela
Condoms are the latest item to become scarce—and costly—in Venezuela.
Feb 9, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Venezuela in grip of severe tropical disease outbreak: NGOs
Venezuela is in the grip of one of the worst outbreaks of tropical diseases in decades, and the response by public health authorities has been slow and inefficient, two non-governmental groups reported Tuesday.
Nov 5, 2014
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