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Combined U.S.–Panama Jungle Orientation Training begins at Aeronaval Base Cristóbal Colón
DVIDS - Georgia
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August 23, 2025
U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 2d Marines, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, train alongside Panama’s National Aeronaval Service, National Police, and National Border Service during the combined jungle orientation course at Aeronaval Base Cristóbal...
Expanding Health Services for Patients in Hard-to-Reach Places
Direct Relief
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August 22, 2025
By Staff Over the past week, Direct Relief has shipped 769 shipments of requested medical aid to 47 U.S. states and territories and 14 countries worldwide. The shipments contained 11.5 million defined daily doses of medication. Medications and...
Criminal Involvement in Panama Water Irregularities at the Capira IPT Being Investigated
Newsroom Panama
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August 22, 2025
Capira, West Panama: The Minister of Education, Lucy Molinar, warned that possible intentional acts are being investigated behind the incidents that have forced the suspension of classes at the Professional and Technical Institute (IPT) in Capira,...
Maximum Tolerated Medical Therapy for Glaucoma: Fixed-Dose Combinations of Timolol, Dorzolamide, Brimonidine with Latanoprost Versus Timolol, Dorzolamide with Latanoprost
Dove Medical Press
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August 21, 2025
Introduction Glaucoma is a group of progressive optic neuropathies characterized by the loss of retinal ganglion cells and their axons.1 POAG is the predominant subtype in Mexico and Latin America, contributing significantly to vision loss and...
The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914: A Book Review
Newsroom Panama
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August 21, 2025
‘The Path Between The Seas‘ by David McCullough (Pictured Above) The Panama Canal stands as one of the most remarkable engineering feats in history, a testament to human ingenuity and perseverance. Since moving to Panama, I have been captivated by...
PAHO/WHO, Trinidad and Tobago health ministry host workshop to promote smarter antibiotic use
The Gleaner
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August 20, 2025
PORT-OF-SPAIN (PAHO): In collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the Ministry of Health, Trinidad and Tobago, recently hosted the Region of the Americas’ first Tailoring Antimicrobial...
Panama Canal Celebrates 111 Years
Hellenic Shipping News
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August 17, 2025
The Panama Canal marks 111 years of operations, renewing its commitment to a sustainable future through a water strategy focused on public well-being and an operational vision that enhances the country’s logistical competitiveness. Since the...
Health notes: a single HIV shot, Louisiana's ALS research and a bilingual scholarship recipient
The Advocate - Louisiana
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A single shot at birth may shield children from HIV for years, study finds A new study led by Tulane researchers and featured in Nature magazine shows that delivering a single injection of gene therapy at birth may offer yearslong protection...
Trump’s border closure escalates migrant mental health crisis in Mexico, says MSF
British Medical Journal
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The Trump administration’s moves to stop people claiming asylum in the US has pushed the Americas’ migration crisis south to Mexico, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has said. The medical non-governmental organisation (NGO) estimates that tens of...
It Will Take National Single Payer To Save Rural Hospitals
Marxism-Leninism Today
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August 17, 2025
August 13, 2025 After 30 years of service to a rural Nebraska community, the Curtis Medical Center will close. Troy Bruntz, CEO of Community Hospital which owns the Center, announced that the cuts to Medicaid in the budget reconciliation act of...
Surviving in the most unequal Cuba
El País
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August 23, 2025
The Cuba of mid-2025 is actually two Cubas: one can be described, for example, from the K Tower, an imposing 41-story, 508-foot-tall, 600-room luxury hotel that opened this year in Havana’s Vedado neighborhood. It’s managed by the Spanish company...
Why Vampire Bats Regurgitate Blood for Their Hungry Friends
AOL
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Animals That Can See Infrared© Michael Lynch/Shutterstock.comHumans are often happy to share food with their friends, but what about animals? Contrary to their reputation, vampire bats are surprisingly social and generous, and a well-fed bat will...
Panamanian and U.S. Forces conduct jungle MEDEVAC training
DVIDS - Georgia
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August 16, 2025
Jungle instructors from Panamanian National Border Service (SENAFRONT), National Aeronaval Service, and Panamanian National Police (PNP) conduct medical evacuation drills with U.S. service members in preparation for the jungle orientation training...
USNS Comfort returns to Norfolk after a 79-day deployment providing medical care, humanitarian assistance
Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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Sailors assigned to the Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort man the rails during Comfort’s homecoming to Naval Station Norfolk, Va., after completing Continuing Promise 2025 Aug. 17, 2025. (Deven Fernandez/U.S. Navy) The Mercy-class hospital...
Unequal progress in the fight against hunger
Barbados Today
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August 22, 2025
2 In perspective, good news: world hunger is beginning to decline. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025 (SOFI 2025) reported a drop in the proportion of people suffering from hunger, from 8.5 per cent in 2023 to 8.2 per cent...
Many thanks to our golfers and sponsors
Observer Today
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Each year our CHQ Chamber Golf Tournament seems to get better and better. We have some dedicated golfers who play each time, and then we get new people participating to create new connections and enjoy a day of recreation and camaraderie on the...
Panama’s Health Authorities Order Colgate Toothpaste To Be Removed From the Market
teleSUR
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August 10, 2025
Referential image. Photo: X August 9, 2025 Hour: 9:55 pm The Ministry of Health (Minsa) of Panama reported this Saturday that it has ordered the withdrawal of three Colgate-brand toothpastes due to the effects they cause, including oral lesions,...
Flesh-Eating Flies Pose Risk To Southern Deer Populations
The MeatEater - Montana
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August 22, 2025
At the southern border, a new threat is creeping into the United States—and no wall can stop it. Enter, the New World screwworm: a small fly that lays eggs into open wounds of a bird or mammal, where the larvae feast on live flesh. If untreated,...
‘Peacemaker’ Star Steve Agee Says Season 2’s Last Three Episodes Are Like a “Whole New Season”
The Hollywood Reporter - California
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August 22, 2025
[This story contains major spoilers for Peacemaker’s season two premiere.] Peacemaker star Steve Agee has been by James Gunn’s side since a random Sunday night in 2008. Of course, this was long before Gunn became the co-CEO of DC Studios and the...
Health was supposed to be central to the UN plastics treaty. Now it’s up for debate.
Grist Magazine
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August 13, 2025
Since negotiations for a United Nations treaty to address plastic pollution began more than three years ago, protecting human health has risen to the top of many countries’ priority lists. This is partly because the science on the issue has...