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The Bermuda Health Council and Final Steps Bermuda will hold a Facebook Live workshop on end of life care next Wednesday, September 1.
The event will start at 12.30pm and questions can be submitted to healthcouncil@bhec.bm
The session can be found a...
DATE: Aug 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
More that 40 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in the space of four days, health officials announced last night.
The 42 new cases brought the number of active coronavirus infections up to 141, with five people in hospital, up from one on Frida...
DATE: Aug 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A mother yesterday said was inspired to start a specialist support group after her 16-year-old son suffered traumatic brain injuries in a car crash.
Helen Cart set up the Bermuda TBI Survivors and Parents/Caregivers Support Group, a private Facebook ...
DATE: Aug 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda’s Covid-19 vaccination rate continued to inch up last week.
The Government said that 64.9 per cent of the population had been given both jabs for full immunity and 66.3 per cent have had a single dose.
That compared to 64.6 per cent with two...
DATE: Aug 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Campaigners opposed to Covid-19 vaccination yesterday questioned claims by US drug regulators that the Pfizer vaccine was safe and deserved full approval.
The Bermuda Freedom Alliance insisted that the drug had still to undergo trials.
Eugene Dean of...
DATE: Aug 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Pfizer vaccine was yesterday given full approval by US authorities.
The Food and Drug Administration gave the vaccine its strongest endorsement on the grounds of the massive amount of evidence that it is safe.
Janet Woodcock, the acting FDA commi...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A vaccination clinic set up yesterday to tackle an outbreak of canine parvovirus was successful but much work remains, a veterinarian has said.
Laura Tucker, president of the Bermuda Veterinary Association, said 154 dogs were brought to the clinic a...
DATE: Aug 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
New public health regulations requiring patrons to have a SafeKey could be “the final nail in the coffin” for businesses struggling to survive the Covid-19 pandemic, Michael Dunkley has warned.
The Shadow Minister of National Security and Health adde...
DATE: Aug 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The number of Covid-19 cases has risen to 124 after 35 positive test results were logged last week.
The results came from 7,434 tests carried out last Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. One person is in intensive care while the remaining 123 are under p...
DATE: Aug 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Non-vaccinated travellers flying to Bermuda are almost five times more likely to test positive for Covid-19 than those who are fully vaccinated, according to statistics.
While data collated from arrivals at the L.F. Wade International Airport show th...
DATE: Aug 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan