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Air arrivals are to be screened at the airport as a killer virus from China continued to spread, it was announced yesterday. The screening will include questions on areas travelled through in the previous 21 days and if the arrival had suffered any s...

A health seminar for medical professionals to gain education credits is on offer this Saturday from Colonial Group International. The annual forum, focusing on medicine for a new decade, will be held from 8am at the Hamilton Princess Hotel. Open to t...

An increase in flu cases has sparked a “medium alert” from health watchdogs. The Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit at the Ministry of Health issued the warning after a rise in influenza and fever and respiratory symptoms. A spokeswoman for the minis...

A 60-year-old man is suing the Bermuda Hospitals Board for medical negligence after claiming that emergency room staff repeatedly failed to spot a life-threatening illness. Raymond Santucci said staff at a private clinic, Bermuda Healthcare Services,...

Almost 3,000 people have signed a petition to demand that controversial proposals to change the way health insurance is funded are scrapped. The petition against the Bermuda Health Plan was set up just after a public forum that called for the propose...

A rallying cry went out last night from opponents of the Bermuda Health Plan 2020 to shelve the Government’s proposed reforms. A packed house at a forum by the pressure group Patients First was urged to join a petition turning down “rushed” changes t...

A veteran counsellor warned the island yesterday not to be complacent about the risk of contracting HIV, despite a massive drop in the number of new cases. Carolyn Armstrong, the director and founder of Support Therapy for Aids patients and their Re...

A nurse suffering from cancer said yesterday she “appreciated every penny” after the public rallied around and donated $24,000 to help pay for her treatment overseas. Eloise Bell, 73, is still in Boston, where she has been since September 30, for tre...

A night of entertainment is to be held next month to raise funds to help set up the island’s first clinic for amputees. LaKiesha Wolffe said her charity, A New Life, also hoped that the clinic would be able to start construction of high-tech replacem...

A charity tackling one of the island’s most prevalent chronic illnesses has appealed for funding, even as it prepares to open a badly needed new treatment centre in Hamilton. Next week, the Bermuda Diabetes Association celebrates with a roof-wetting ...