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Flesh-eating pests are coming. US plans to counter them by releasing millions of flies from planes

Flesh-eating pests are coming. US plans to counter them by releasing millions of flies from planes

Picture this: Hundreds of millions of flies being dropped from planes. It sounds incredulous — almost like something from a horror movie. But, in fact, the US government actually plans on breeding flies and then dropping them from aircraft in...

Panama Government Expands List of Low-Cost Medications with Discounts of up to 95%

Panama Government Expands List of Low-Cost Medications with Discounts of up to 95%

The president announced the addition of 80 essential pharmaceuticals with significant discounts. There are now 110 pharmacies distributing affordable treatments for chronic and common illnesses. President José Raúl Mulino announced this Thursday,...

COLUMN: Sanitation, vaccination and long war on deadly diseases

COLUMN: Sanitation, vaccination and long war on deadly diseases

'Why have contagious diseases become rare? Sanitation, please take a bow,' says columnist Seven centuries ago, bubonic plague marched across Europe and Asia. The “Black Death” had a catastrophic effect, killing between one-third and half of...

In Panama, Authorities Are Cracking Down on Mass Strikes

In Panama, Authorities Are Cracking Down on Mass Strikes

For almost two months, Panama has seen a national strike against privatization, mega-mining, and US imperialism. It is the country’s third period of mass civil unrest since 2022. Capital and the government have retaliated through police...

Internet Cut in Panama Near Costa Rica Border Amid Bocas del Toro Unrest

Internet Cut in Panama Near Costa Rica Border Amid Bocas del Toro Unrest

Panamanian authorities suspended internet and mobile phone services on Saturday in the Caribbean province of Bocas del Toro, following President José Raúl Mulino’s declaration of a state of emergency after nearly two months of protests against his...

Panama and Canada Launch Coalition Against Ocean Noise at the Nice Summit

Panama and Canada Launch Coalition Against Ocean Noise at the Nice Summit

Panama and Canada presented the High Ambition Coalition for a Quiet Ocean this Tuesday at the Third Ocean Summit in Nice, France. This initiative has been signed by 35 countries, including the 27 members of the European Union, with Spain...

Top Gear Picks for Off-Grid Workers in the Panama Jungle

Top Gear Picks for Off-Grid Workers in the Panama Jungle

In the untamed wilderness of Panama, where dense rainforests meet mountainous terrain, a new generation of eco-conscious adventurers is redefining what it means to work off the grid. The convergence of innovative gear solutions, from heated socks...

How to Watch Guatemala vs Panama: Live Stream CONCACAF Gold Cup, TV Channel

How to Watch Guatemala vs Panama: Live Stream CONCACAF Gold Cup, TV Channel

Guatemala will face Panama in this 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup matchup on Friday at Q2 Stadium, and you can catch all the action with FuboTV. Oscar Santis #18 of Guatemala celebrates after scoring the team´s first goal during the Group Stage - Group C...

How to Stay Comfortable and Healthy as an Expat in Panama

How to Stay Comfortable and Healthy as an Expat in Panama

Imagine waking up in your new Panamanian home, where the gentle morning breeze carries unfamiliar sounds and scents through your window, a reminder that adapting to expat life requires more than just a change of address. For those embarking on the...

Dominican Republic ranks third in Caribbean for medical tourism to Medellín

Dominican Republic ranks third in Caribbean for medical tourism to Medellín

Santo Domingo.- In 2024, the Dominican Republic became the third-largest Caribbean country sending patients to Medellín, Colombia, for medical tourism, drawn by the city’s high-quality specialized healthcare. According to the International Patient...

Cancer treatments and Panama Canal efficiency: Purdue Innovates Incubator funds projects to advance university innovations

Cancer treatments and Panama Canal efficiency: Purdue Innovates Incubator funds projects to advance university innovations

2 Purdue researchers received $100,000 in latest round of Trask Innovation Fund awards Purdue University researcher Pablo Zavattieri is developing a reconfigurable and navigable waterway barrier, or RNWB, to address saltwater intrusion in the...

Which countries have rabies? How to avoid disease after woman dies following Morocco holiday

Which countries have rabies? How to avoid disease after woman dies following Morocco holiday

Rabies can be fatal if it is not treated immediately (Picture: Getty Images) A British woman has died of rabies after she was ‘scratched’ by a puppy while on holiday in Morocco. Yvonne Ford, 59, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, had what has been...

Which countries have rabies? How to avoid disease after woman dies following Morocco holiday

Which countries have rabies? How to avoid disease after woman dies following Morocco holiday

Rabies can be fatal if it is not treated immediately (Picture: Getty Images) A British woman has died of rabies after she was ‘scratched’ by a puppy while on holiday in Morocco. Yvonne Ford, 59, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, had what has been...

2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup Highlights – Panama vs. Guadeloupe

2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup Highlights – Panama vs. Guadeloupe

CARSON, California: The 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup continued as Panama earned a 5-2 victory over Guadeloupe in Group C on Monday at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, USA. The Panamanians took the lead in the 6’ when Christian Martínez...

Photos Show Where US and China Have Sent Hospital Ships

Photos Show Where US and China Have Sent Hospital Ships

Both China and the United States, rivals in the contest for naval dominance in the Pacific, have recently deployed naval hospital ships. USNS Comfort has been conducting a medical mission in Latin America since May 30, according to the U.S. Navy....

Morocco, Panama Explore New Chapter in Economic Partnership

Morocco, Panama Explore New Chapter in Economic Partnership

Rabat – In a meeting on Monday, in Rabat, Moroccan Secretary of State for Foreign Trade Omar Hejira and Panamanian Foreign Minister Javier Martínez-Acha Vasquez agreed to deepen economic ties between their two countries. The discussions mark a new...

Where to stream Panama vs. Guadeloupe CONCACAF Gold Cup match today

Where to stream Panama vs. Guadeloupe CONCACAF Gold Cup match today

Panama has high hopes heading into this year’s CONCACAF Gold Cup as they kick off their tournament on Monday against Guadeloupe. The Gold Cup has been a staple of the continental football landscape since 1991. While the U.S., Canada and Mexico...

State vet provides animal health update for Wyoming producers

Disease traceability, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), trichomoniasis (trich), brucellosis and New World screwworm (NWS) were the source of long discussions during several committee meetings at the 2025 Wyoming Cattle Industry Convention...

Highlights and Goals Panama vs Guadeloupe (5-2) in Gold Cup

Highlights and Goals Panama vs Guadeloupe (5-2) in Gold Cup

1:03 AM4 hours agoEnd of the match: Panama beat Guadalupe 5-2 on Date 1 (Group C) in the Gold Cup Cristian Jesús Martínez 6' Ismael Díaz 13', 17" Eduardo Guerrero 22' (P) Tomás Rodríguez 90+2' Jordan Leborgne 29' 1:00 AM4 hours ago93' RODRÍGUEZ...

She fought for the girl that the world left behind: the inheritance of the UN of Natalia Kanem

She fought for the girl that the world left behind: the inheritance of the UN of Natalia Kanem

She returns, again and again, to one image: that of a ten -year -old girl – standing on the verge of adolescence, her uncertain future and her rights still in doubt. “Will she be able to stay in school, finish her studies and make her way around...

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