Cuba expects to begin COVID-19 vaccine trials in children in April

Dr. Dagmar García Rivero, director of research at the Finlay Vaccine Institute, affirmed that in order to achieve high immunization coverage to face the pandemic, “it is essential to vaccinate pediatric populations,” although she recalled that “advancing to clinical trials in children requires higher regulatory rigor.” La entrada Cuba expects to begin COVID-19 vaccine trials …

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The lawyer who fought to free Guantánamo’s highest-value detainee-podcast

Nancy Hollander has taken on many difficult cases in her career, but none quite like that of the Guantánamo detainee Mohamedou Ould Salahi By the time Mohamedou Ould Salahi was brought from his home in Mauritania to the Guantánamo Bay detention facility in Cuba in 2002, he had already experienced a series of harsh interrogations …

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Reforma legislativa en Cuba pudiera saldar deudas con activismo ciudadano

El 26 de febrero el Consejo de Estado aprobó el decreto-ley de Bienestar Animal, una normativa largamente reclamada por voluntarios y protectores que llegaron incluso a marchar y protestar de manera pacífica en contra del maltrato, abandono y sacrificio de animales recogidos de las calles. La entrada Reforma legislativa en Cuba pudiera saldar deudas con …

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