Health

The Government of Grenada has partnered with Osprey Lines Limited to create better conditions aboard the vessel for the transportation of persons with medical emergencies. A sickbay area has been outfitted aboard the Osprey Shuttle […]

WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — A new study by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) finds that consumption of sugary drinks could decline substantially if they were properly taxed. PAHO said that the study, released […]

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The scientific committee overseeing Britain’s coronavirus vaccination programme on Friday recommended that under-40s are offered an alternative to the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID jab. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said it […]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has urged residents of the region not to neglect to protect themselves against mosquito-borne diseases, even as they battle the COVID-19 pandemic. During […]

PARIS, France (AFP) — The largest real-world study yet of the Pfizer/BioNTec vaccine on Thursday confirmed that the jab provided more than 95 per cent protection against COVID-19, but found that the level dropped significantly when people received just one […]

UN News – The 12th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), was declared officially over on Monday, just three months after the first case was reported in North Kivu, but it marks the end […]

(CMC) — On the same day that the United States announced that it plans to share millions of doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine with other countries, the Trinidad and Tobago government has sought to […]

(NEW YORK POST) – Social distancing inside at 60 feet is no safer than at 6 feet — and “exposure time” indoors is actually far more important, according to a new study from the Massachusetts […]