There is a variety of media and information circulating about the Cuban response to COVID-19, and Interferon Alfa 2B. This media serves the dual purpose of informing us, and legitimizing, to skeptics, the idea of Cuban medical aid, and the advanced status of the Cuban healthcare system.
Newsweek: CUBA USES ‘WONDER DRUG’ TO FIGHT CORONAVIRUS AROUND WORLD DESPITE U.S. SANCTIONS
- High-profile article featuring Helen Yaffe, about Interferon Alfa-2B
- Cuba has deployed doctors to dozens of nations since COVID-19 broke out
- At least 15 countries have requested Interferon Alfa-2B to treat COVID-19
- Cuba took in a British cruise ship that Britain wouldn’t take
- Interferon and doctors dispatched to Italy
- Discusses the blockade
PBS: Nova Episode: Cuba’s Cancer Hope
- 1-hour documentary, not about COVID-19 but shows Cuba’s advances in biotech and their accomplishments in treating cancer
London School of Economics: The world rediscovers Cuban medical internationalism
LSE: Cuba and coronavirus: how Cuban biotech came to combat COVID-19
- By Helen Yaffe
- Background of Cuba’s many international medical aid campaigns
Salon: Could COVID-19 bring down the U.S. empire?
- A broad survey of different countries’ responses to COVID-19
- Mentions that Cuba sent 130 doctors and 10,000 doses of IFN to Venezuela
TeleSur:
Over 45 Countries Ask Cuba for Interferon to Treat Covid-19
Cuba Calls for International Cooperation to Combat COVID-19
Jacobin: Cuba’s Coronavirus Response Is Putting Other Countries to Shame
- Mentions MS Braemar, the British cruise ship
- Outlines its socialized medical system
The Week: All about Cuba’s ‘wonder drug’ being pitched against coronavirus
- Mentions Changheber, the Cuban-Chinese joint venture company making the drug
On Cuba News: The famous Cuban interferon vs the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus
- Gives a lot of background and medical definitions
- Outlines legal possibility for FDA approval and Cuba-US medical relations
Counterpunch: Cuban Development of Biomedical High Technology
- Lots of background and history on Cuba and Fidel Castro’s commitment to health
- Awareness of political systems at play in the difference between US and Cuba’s COVID response
Counterpunch: Cuban Medical Science in the Service of Humanity
- By Helen Yaffe
- 37 countries have received Cuban doctors since COVID-19 outbreak
- Critique of neoliberal response to emergencies, as opposed to socialist response
- History of Cuban medical achievements
Tass: Russia assists in delivery of coronavirus drug to Nicaragua from Cuba
- Mentions that Russia recommends Interferon Alfa-2B for COVID-19
- Russia carried 8000 doses of IFD from Cuba to Nicaragua
CNN: Coronavirus-hit countries are asking Cuba for medical help. Why is the US opposed?
CNN: Cuba is repurposing factories to produce face masks
CBC: Manitoba chiefs organization wants Cuban doctor aid on COVID-19
Indypendant: Cuban-trained Doctor Helps Mobilize Pandemic Response in Her South Bronx Community
Radio Havana Cuba: Cuba is Working on a Vaccine to Combat COVID-19
NBC News: Cuba says U.S. embargo is ‘obstacle’ to getting coronavirus-fighting supplies. Not so, says U.S.
Biospace: Biopharma Update on the Novel Coronavirus: April 1
https://www.biospace.com/about-us/: information on publication above
DW: Cuban drug as possible treatment for coronavirus patients?
RT Magazine: ANTIVIRALS HOLD PROMISE FOR TREATMENT OF CORONAVIRUS
Granma:
BioCubaFarma guarantees production of 22 medications for the treatment of Covid-19
BioCubaFarma in the COVID-19 battle
Fighting Words: The history of interferon in Cuba, in use today to treat Covid-19
Resumen: Cuba’s Interferon Saves Lives
How to Get FDA Approval (information from Registrar Corp website about obtaining FDA approval process)
Terms:
Interferon Alfa-2B (abbreviated as IFN)
Herberon Alfa R (Brand name of IFN)
ChangHeber (Cuba-Chinese company manufacturing IFN)
CIGB (Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in Cuba)
CNIC (National Center for Scientific Research in Cuba)
Courtesy of the Moratorium Now Coalition in Detroit.
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