A group of fifteen US Congressmen has joined Colombia’s side in a challenge to the prices charged by Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis for an expensive cancer drug. The fifteen elected…
Colombia’s government has appealed to the World Health Organisation (WHO) to help it break pharmaceutical giant Novartis’ monopoly on a life-saving cancer drug, which would allow the country to buy cheaper,…
Colombian authorities are reporting that five babies have been born in the country this year with microcephaly associated with the rapidly spreading Zika virus. The National Health Institute also said…
Colombia’s embassy in the United States is concerned that efforts to lower the price of a life-saving cancer drug threatens Washington DC’s promised funds for peace in Colombia, according to a leaked…
Colombia’s decision to return to spraying illicit crops with an allegedly cancerous chemical will kill people, according to a former top counter-narcotics official.
Nearly 72,000 cases of Zika have been reported in Colombia since October, with almost 13,000 occurring in pregnant women, although the country is going through a decline in outbreaks, according…
To tackle an ever-growing transplant waiting list, Colombia’s senate has passed a bill to make all citizens by default agree to organ donation unless they explicitly opt out.
Colombia’s government decided on Monday to resume using the controversial weed killer that was suspended less than a year ago amid cancer concerns, while upholding a ban on aerial spraying.
Colombia has confirmed the first two cases of a rare birth defect associated with the spread of Zika.