Health
Argentina ends free healthcare for foreigners. What changes?
Argentina is no longer providing free healthcare for all its foreign visitors and residents. This means that only foreign nationals who have been...
Martina JaureguyAugust 13, 20260
How Mileis plan to scrap food warning labels could affect Argentina
President Javier Milei’s government wants to repeal Argentina’s front-of-package food warning label law, reigniting a debate over whether the black octagon labels help...
Martina JaureguyJuly 5, 20260
Buenos Aires province reports sharp rise in hantavirus cases
Buenos Aires province is experiencing a hantavirus outbreak in rural and semi-rural areas, a provincial health ministry epidemiological bulletin recently reported. According to...
Buenos Aires HeraldMay 21, 20260
March against governments public health cuts warns of deepening crisis
Social organizations, trade unions and healthcare workers are set to march on Argentina’s Health Ministry on Wednesday as from 1 p.m. to protest...
Buenos Aires HeraldMay 20, 20260
Argentina 101: What is hantavirus and how do you prevent it
A hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius, which departed from the city of Ushuaia in southern Argentina in April, is causing...
Martina JaureguyMay 17, 20260
Hantavirus cruise cases rise to seven but WHO says infection risks are low
The number of confirmed hantavirus cases amongst passengers on Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius, which suffered an outbreak of the rat-related virus in...
Martina JaureguyMay 12, 20260
Hantavirus cruise company says 29 passengers disembarked before the outbreak was confirmed
The owner of the MV Hondius, the ship affected by an outbreak of rodent-borne disease hantavirus, said 29 passengers disembarked at Saint Helena,...
Buenos Aires HeraldMay 7, 20260
Three dead in cruise that parted from Argentina in suspected hantavirus outbreak
A suspected outbreak of rodent-borne disease hantavirus in a cruise ship that parted from Argentina has the international health community on alert. So...
Martina JaureguyMay 5, 20260
How Argentina created a cheaper version of a top cancer drug. Can others follow?
In the global fight against cancer, Argentina has emerged as an unexpected testing ground for a high-stakes battle over drug prices — one...
Veronica SminkApril 25, 20260
Death of an anesthesiologist kickstarts an investigation into theft and use of sedatives
Argentines are in shock over the case of Alejandro Zalazar, an anesthesiologist who was found dead in February with an IV line attached...
Facundo IglesiaApril 18, 20260
