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The Ministry of Health has begun an investigation into two cases of the highly infectious whooping cough at a Devonshire school. Carlos Symonds, head of school at Somersfield Academy, told parents in an e-mail yesterday that the department had confir...

The Ministry of Health would like to inform the public that the application period for the Dr. Barbara Ball Public Health Scholarship will open on February 10. The application period will conclude on 30 April 2020. The Ministry of Health awards the...

The Ministry of Health wishes to remind the public that tomorrow is the deadline to complete the Bermuda Health Strategy: Public Survey at www.forum.gov.bm as part of the community consultation to set Bermuda’s vision and strategy for health for 2020...

Patients 1st Bermuda, a pressure group with 10,000 supporters to improve healthcare reform, is hosting a ‘Health Plan Talk in the Park’ this Friday Feb 7th. The group was started by concerned medical professionals and has now grown to a community fo...

A surge in flu cases at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital has forced the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre to extend restricted opening hours. The Bermuda Hospitals Board said it had focused resources on the hospital’s Emergency Department, where sta...

Parents were urged to keep their children off school if they showed signs of whooping cough after two confirmed cases of the highly contagious illness. Staff at Somersfield Academy announced a string of precautionary measures yesterday in efforts to ...

The acting chief executive of the Bermuda Health Council has been appointed to the role on a permanent basis. Ricky Brathwaite, who has held the top job at BHeC since the controversial dismissal of Tamara Wedderburn in December 2018, was confirmed in...

Bermuda health experts are in close contact with an international body about the deadly coronavirus, the Government confirmed yesterday. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said: “The Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit is in constant liaison wi...

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...

Today the Minister of Health the Hon. Kim Wilson met with Dr. David Charles Benton, Chief Executive Officer of the National Council State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN). Dr. Benton is on-island to assist the Bermuda Nursing and Midwifery Council (BNMC) ...