The province of Holguín will host the 13th National Social Work Congress, scheduled to take place from September 23 to 26, 2025, both in-person and virtually, under the theme "Strengthening intergenerational solidarity for the construction of healthy and sustainable environments."

A new treatment for herniated disk, after a failed surgery, is already being implemented in the Natural and Traditional Medicine service of the Lucia Iniguez Landin Surgical Clinical Hospital in the eastern city of Holguín.

The Center for Research and Rehabilitation of Hereditary Ataxias (Cirah) in Holguín has been certified as a clinical site for Good Clinical Practices, becoming the fourth in the country to receive this distinction after a rigorous inspection conducted by experts from the Center for State Control of Medicines, Equipment, and Medical Devices (Cecmed).

In Holguín, 80 authors registered to compete for the 2025 Annual Health Award, with 28 finalists set to learn the verdict from the judging panels this Friday after defending their work in a plenary session.