Purloined Lung returned to Bodies Exhibition

The press were alerted and a $2000 reward was offered when a polymer-coated lung went missing this week at the Bodies exhibition, held at the Camacho shopping mall in La Molina. The lung was taken when the medical student on watch duty in a roomful of at least 50 visitors, was distracted by TV reporters. [...]

Contrary to reports, there are no confirmed cases of swine flu in Peru, says health minister

A day after Peru and Latin America’s first case of swine flu was confirmed, Health Minister Oscar Ugarte said Thursday that an additional battery of tests on an Argentine woman hospitalized in Peru revealed that she did not have swine flu.

Peru celebrates being measles-free for nine years

Because of nationwide prevention and vaccination campaigns, Peru has been measles-free for nine years, reported the Andean country’s Health Ministry on Wednesday. The last registered case of measles was that of 3-year old David Gómez Núñez. He was diagnosed with the measles in 2000, in Callao’s district of Ventanilla. In April 2008, an imported case [...]

Health Ministry plans first round of hepatitis B vaccinations for April

Almost three million children and adolescents between two and 19 years old in Lima and the port city of Callao will receive hepatitis B vaccinations starting in April as part of the Health Ministry’s national campaign against the virus, the coordinator of the National Immunization Strategy said Tuesday. The ministry will give the vaccinations in [...]

APEC health meetings stress regional HIV/AIDS policies

Promoting health policies and programs to combat HIV/AIDS is among the priorities of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Health Working Group, which started its two-day meetings Thursday at the Lima Chamber of Commerce. The head of the meetings, Australian Jan Benett, told Agencia Andina the objective is to promote effective policies and programs in the 21 [...]