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A year ago, David Goonewardene was in a coma in a Boston hospital. The teenager had been a passenger in a car that smashed into a wall on Knapton Hill one night in March, 2021. David suffered horrific brain injuries in the crash, and there were fears...

The Government has defended its use of Travel Authorisation forms, stating that they are essential in protecting Bermuda’s borders from Covid-19. A spokeswoman for the Department of Health also dismissed reports that the form was deterring visitors, ...

An auction of horse statues has raised $250,000 for a charity that provides therapy programmes for people with special needs. All 20 life-size fibreglass statues of Tilly – a miniature filly who was a fixture of the WindReach centre’s animal therapy ...

An award-winning nurse is calling for frontline health workers to have more say in how health services operate. Irena Ashton made the recommendation in a letter to Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, after being named Nurse of the Year. Ms Ashton, wh...

The controversial Travel Authorisation form is damaging the island’s tourism industry and must be scrapped, it has been claimed. Michael Dunkley, the Opposition One Bermuda Alliance spokesman on health, said that the form, which has to be filled out ...

Bermudians suffering from drug and alcohol addiction are being encouraged to attend a recovery programme in the UK that caters to Black and ethnic minority patients. Bermudian Llewelyn Gomes, a recovery coach for Nottingham-based BAC-IN — Black and A...

An island-based air ambulance service that can get patients in need of urgent treatment to the United States in just a few hours has been officially launched. Bermuda Air Ambulance Ltd flew eight patients to hospitals in the US this month — and belie...

A popular chocolate egg has been pulled from store shelves over fears of a potential salmonella contamination. Kinder products, which include chocolate eggs and bars, have been removed from Lindo’s grocery stores and the Phoenix Store In a statement,...

A senior doctor appealed to people yesterday to keep wearing masks to protect themselves and others against Covid-19 – after the Government relaxed public health rules. Wesley Miller, the Chief of Staff at the Bermuda Hospitals Board, was speaking af...

A more contagious version of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 was detected on the island last month. But medics said they did not expect an increase in hospitalisations because the symptoms of the new strain – BA.2 or “stealth Omicron” – were similar ...