Colombia raises swine flu death toll to 160
Colombian health authorities raised the number of confirmed swine flu infections to 3,174. 160 of these patients died of the pandemic flu. In its weekly report, the Ministry of Social…
Colombian health authorities raised the number of confirmed swine flu infections to 3,174. 160 of these patients died of the pandemic flu. In its weekly report, the Ministry of Social…
A Colombian health insurance company was fined for denying a 13-year old rape victim an abortion. According to the Superintendent of Health, insurance company EPS Coomeva will have to pay…
Over 270 people have been infected with an unidentified virus potentially caused by toxic herbicides in Colombia’s southern department of Putumayo, declared emergency authorities Monday. Father Julio Cesar Mora, spokesman…
Authorities raised the number of people that contracted swine flu in Colombia to more than 3,000. 151 of the patients did not survive the infection. “Until November 16, 3,124 confirmed…
Colombian authorities announced Wednesday that since May 141 people died of swine flu or AH1N1. 2,980 Colombians were confirmed to have contracted the virus. The country’s Social Welfare Ministry reports…
For every two men with HIV one woman is infected in Colombia, and this figure is steadily worsening, announced the UN and Colombia’s Ministry for Social Protection on Thursday. Two…
Colombian health authorities announced Tuesday that 136 people in the country have died of AH1N1 or swine flu so far. The country’s Social Welfare Ministry said in its weekly report…
The death toll for the AH1N1 swine flu virus has risen to 131 in Colombia, claiming the lives of another 13 people this past week, stated the Ministry of Social…
Despite regulations restricting foreign access to organs donated by Colombians, 22 transplants of this type took place in the country this year due to patients filing law suits and forcing…