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Hamilton Health Centre will reopen tomorrow after several weeks of building repairs. The clinic on the city’s Victoria Street has run a limited service since October after several floods and plumbing problems meant some services had to be moved else...

A new machine to test for lung problems is up and running at a specialist clinic. The pulmonary plethysmograph, used to check the efficiency of the lungs, has been installed at the new Bermuda Medical Specialities Group and will cut the need for pati...

The venue for today’s free health screenings has changed to the Victoria Street Clinic car park in Hamilton. The screenings, which were due to be held at EF Gordon Square but were relocated owing to scheduling concerns, will now take place in a shad...

Two wholesalers have confirmed that they have distributed no products currently under recall due to salmonella contamination in the whey powder. Pepperidge Farm in the United States voluntarily recalled more than three million packages of Goldfish c...

The public was warned today to check their measles vaccinations are up-to-date, especially if they have plans to travel this summer. The Department of Health said measles had returned to some areas of the world because people are under-vaccinated or ...

A major fundraising drive to replace the island’s ageing hospice is to be launched. Friends of Hospice said it wanted to create a new building for Agape House, the island’s only hospice, and its charity fundraising arm. Cathy Belvedere, executive dir...

Ten Bermudian civil servants have been trained to safely ship potential health hazards overseas for testing. The two-day training session was run by the Caribbean Public Health Agency for officials from the Department of Health, the Bermuda Hospitals...

Losing weight is not easy if you hate exercise and love cake. However, members of Bermuda’s successful Diabetes Reversal Programme have discovered that anything is possible with the right guidance and encouragement. About 30 participants got together...

An official guardian for vulnerable elderly people is high on the agenda, new Minister for Health Kim Wilson promised yesterday. Ms Wilson said an Office of the Public Guardian was on the cards and told a meeting “watch this space”. She added: “There...

There has been a “marked increase” in cases of the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea in Bermuda according to the Department of Health. The increase began in June and appears to be growing, the department said, with those affected ranging fro...