Health

GIS:The building that will house the flagship, ultra-modern Gouyave Health Centre is now complete and it is anticipated that the facility will become operational in the next few months. The new facility, constructed at the […]

St Augustine’s Medical Services (SAMS) has joined the nationwide drive to have as many persons as possible receive the Covid-19 vaccination. The private medical centre received supplies of the vaccine, and the official stamp of […]

Grenada will this week receive its first allocation of COVID-19 vaccines under the COVAX arrangement which seeks to accelerate the development and manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines and promote fair and equitable access for countries around […]

Countries that are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change will help set the international agenda, in the run up to COP26. Today 31 March, the UK hosted its Climate and Development Ministerial event, […]

WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — For the first time, scientists have used human cells to make structures that mimic the earliest stages of development, which they say will pave the way for more research without […]

(CMC) — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on Thursday announced what it described as “a first-of-its-kind initiative” that would help Latin American and Caribbean countries better compete to obtain lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines. “The instrument would […]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (CMC) — The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says salt reduction is one of the most cost-effective measures to lower the rate of heart disease and other non-communicable diseases […]

(CMC) — The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr Carissa F Etienne, on Wednesday welcomed the expansion of the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in the Americas, including the Caribbean. She also said […]