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Bermuda could face a future of “economic turmoil and rampant disease” if the community fails to be vigilant in preventing the spread of Covid-19, a leading doctor warned. Michael Ashton, the Bermuda Hospitals Board’s Chief of Medicine, said that whi...

The island saw no new cases of Covid-19 today. The Ministry of Health received 124 test results with none positive. Bermuda remains at 144 total confirmed positive cases of the illness. There are seven active cases, all of which are under public hea...

Proposed changes to the healthcare system in a bid to cut its massive costs without proper information would be a disaster, the head of a think-tank has warned. Philip Butterfield, the chairman of the BermudaFirst advisory group, said healthcare at p...

A group of doctors and pharmacists have joined forces to promote the use of medical cannabis. Now the Bermuda Medicinal Cannabis Association is to meet with the Government next month to offer its expertise as Bermuda prepares legislation to allow use...

Some antenatal health checks at Hamilton Health Centre are being undertaken in the Communicable Disease Control Clinic. A sign in the Maternal Health and Family Planning Clinic at the centre said: “Due to lack of resources, the maternal health progr...

Ways to cut the risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease are to be discussed later this month. The Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre said that many diseases were preventable if lifestyle changes were made. Azuree Williams, events and programme manage...

Doctors will be unable to cope with a reduction in fees and an increased workload, the Bermuda Medical Doctors’ Association has warned. The BMDA said it backed improved access to healthcare, but that there were “significant costs” involved and more c...

Janice Mullings-George has won the Nurse of the Year award. Ms Mullings-George, 35, who works in the post-anaesthesia care unit at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, said she was “humbled” by the accolade. She added: “There are a lot of people wh...

The public is invited to attend the final day of an international science conference focusing on diabetes. The annual Bermuda Principles Impact Conference introduces an Education Day this year which will be open to the public on Saturday at the Fairm...

The Department of Health is to contact local food suppliers after a large-scale outbreak of E. coli in the United States associated with romaine lettuce. Authorities in the US are trying to control a series of outbreaks. A Department of Health spokes...