Health

(CMC) — The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has launched a week-long social media campaign to promote the importance of reporting suspected side effects following coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination. CARPHA said that the project is being […]

St George’s: A request, from nurses at the Gouyave Health Centre (GHC) in St John for pulse oximeters, has been met by Grenada’s Ambassador to CARICOM, Arley Gill. Gill, a St John native and lawyer, recently delivered […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says it stands ready to support the approval for recommendation of treatments against the coronavirus (COVID-19), including the use of the drug Molnupiravir. But […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — African health officials and the United Nations are warning of a looming shortage of more than 2 billion syringes for mainly low- and middle-income countries around the world as the supply […]

UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — The UN children’s agency, UNICEF, on Tuesday warned that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has taken a toll on the mental health of children and young people, and impacts could be felt for many […]

PARIS, France (AFP)— Vaccination with two doses of the Pfizer jab stays highly effective against severe COVID — including the Delta variant — for at least six months, an analysis of US patients said Monday. While previous data […]

Starting Monday, September 27, the top floor of the ultra-modern Gouyave Health Centre will be designated the COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Center for the St. John/St. Mark Health District. Following his recent visit to the […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The number of new COVID-19 cases continued to fall last week, with 3.6 million new cases reported globally, down from four million new infections the previous week, the World Health Organization […]