Health

PARIS, France (AFP) — Long-term exposure to air pollution may be linked to 15 per cent of COVID-19 deaths globally, according to research published Tuesday that highlights the health risks posed by greenhouse gas emissions. Previous research […]

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Asymptomatic coronavirus sufferers appear to lose detectable antibodies sooner than people who have exhibited COVID-19 symptoms, according to one of the biggest studies of its kind in Britain published on […]

St George’s University (SGU), working in collaboration with the Government of Grenada have upheld their commitment to the nation — to ensure that its residents remain safe and healthy in the midst of the global […]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is to launch two initiatives that regional tourism stakeholders say are intended to protect the Caribbean tourism sector and safeguard the health […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA) are calling on Caribbean leaders and stakeholders to focus on adolescent pregnancy prevention as one of the social and […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Caribbean youth advocates have called for action on areas of priority for their peers with the launch yesterday of the Caribbean Roadmap for Adolescent and Youth Health: Championing Our Wealth: Promoting […]

PARIS, France (AFP) — Bottle-fed babies may ingest more than a million pieces of microplastics each day, new research showed Monday highlighting the abundance of plastics in our food products. There is growing evidence that humans consume […]

LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) — UK researchers are preparing to begin a controversial experiment that will infect healthy volunteers with the new coronavirus to study the disease in hopes of speeding up development of a […]