Health

(CMC) — The Dominican-born president of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says COVID-19 vaccines will not be an easy, quick fix for the Americas, including the Caribbean. The COVID-19 pandemic that began in 2020 […]

Washington, D.C. -(PAHO) The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) urged support for a proposal by the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) to put front-of-package nutritional warnings on food products, which have been […]

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced on Wednesday that it will mobilise US$1 billion to help Latin American and Caribbean countries acquire and distribute COVID-19 vaccines. The Washington-based financial […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Assistant Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr Jarbas Barbosa, says additional agreements are being negotiated with two coronavirus vaccine manufacturers for inclusion in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) COVID-19 […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC)— The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) says it is hoping that coral reefs can receive “to some degree” relief after the past coral bleaching season had been quite hard […]

WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — A US government advisory panel has endorsed Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, in a major step toward an epic vaccination campaign that could finally conquer the outbreak. The Food and Drug Administration […]

Prime Minister, Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell, has expressed gratitude to Cuba for its valuable assistance in boosting Grenada’s capacity to  fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing the Cuban President and fellow regional leaders during the 7th Cuba […]

LONDON, England (AP) — Britain’s medical regulator warned Wednesday that people with a history of serious allergic reactions shouldn’t receive the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech as investigators look into whether two reactions on […]