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The Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute got into the holiday spirit by partnering with Youth Vision for the sixth year in a row to present the “Cup Match at MWI Experience”. But this year, the partnership has expanded to include the Living Legends Camp ...

Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Foundation (BHCF) today announces a third $350,000 donation to the Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) in three years for scholarships and employee training taking the total donated to over $1 million. This third donation was m...

Free fresh foods are to be distributed by the Bermuda Health Council as part of a drive to boost public health, it was revealed yesterday. A spokeswoman for the BHeC said “Fresh Food Fridays” would be held around the island and would also be used as ...

The Ministry of Health has launched an investigation into a suspected case of ciguatera fish poisoning on the island. It is suspected that the case was caused by a large amberjack eaten between June 30 to July 5. The case, if confirmed, would be the ...

An agreement for a new hospice has been signed between Bermuda Hospitals Board and Friends of Hospice. The memorandum of understanding allows the charity to proceed with building a hospice next to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, on Berry Hill Road...

A plague of rats could spread killer diseases, the Bermuda Hospitals Board chief of medicine warned yesterday. Michael Ashton said rats could transmit serious diseases to humans — and that some could be fatal. Dr Ashton explained: “Rats are known vec...

City businesses were reminded about how they can play a part to reduce the number of rodents on Hamilton streets. They were asked to keep bin lids closed and to clean bins regularly to prevent an “open invitation” to rats, that appeared to be plaguin...

Schoolboys can start to smoke as young as 10, the Minister of Health told a conference yesterday. Kim Wilson said a recent study showed that some young people tried the habit well before they reached 18, the legal age to buy tobacco. She added that a...

The winner of Bermuda’s Best Healthcare Professional award said he was told as a child he did not have what it took to be a doctor. Kyjuan Brown added: “During my educational pursuits, especially in primary and high school, I was always told that I w...

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...