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Obama Relaxes Science and Medical Collaboration Rules with Cuba

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Obama Relaxes Science and Medical Collaboration Rules with Cuba

Last week, President Obama expanding opportunities for scientific collaboration and access to medical innovations as part of a series of executive actions designed to dismantle the U.S. embargo against Cuba. The move grants legal status to the following health-related transactions: Joint medical research U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is issuing a new … Read more

Here’s a New NIH-funded Research Training Program in Cuba

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Here’s a New NIH-funded Research Training Program in Cuba

Cuba is the newest training site for a U.S. National Institute for Health (NIH)-funded program that gives U.S. students the opportunity to conduct research in an international setting. Tulane University student Alejandra Marks spent eight weeks on the island this spring, working with a mentor to study maternity homes and their role in prenatal care. … Read more