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The island’s supplies of OxyNorm, a powerful painkiller used by patients with conditions ranging from cancer to severe migraines, have run short. As an opioid, the pharmaceutical is a controlled drug and therefore requires special clearance to be imp...

A health watchdog has warned that checks being carried out on “high risk” medical equipment in Bermuda are inadequate and do not guarantee public safety. Ricky Brathwaite, programme manager for health economics at Bermuda Health Council, likened a pr...

A fourth case of travel-related Zika has been confirmed in Bermuda by the Ministry of Health and Seniors. The virus has been brought back to the island by someone who recently travelled to a Zika-affected country. The announcement stressed that so fa...

An international expert has backed up the Bermuda Government’s assertion that the island has a “low risk” of local Zika virus transmission. However, Jimmy Whitworth, Professor of International Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medic...

The Bermuda Health Council has dismissed claims that new healthcare legislation designed to ensure all service providers on the island are properly licensed is targeted against private physicians. Ricky Brathwaite, the council’s programme manager, ma...

The likelihood of a spread of the Zika disease on the island may be low, but Vector Control is seeking the public’s help in making sure it stays low. Speaking to the Hamilton Rotary Club this week, Armell Thomas, programme manager of Port Health and ...

The second case of imported Zika virus has been reported by the Department of Health. The announcement comes almost a week after the ministry confirmed the first case of a person being infected with the virus after travelling to a Zika affected count...

The Zika virus is unlikely to spread locally, despite the first reported “imported” case on the island. The Bermuda Government last week revealed that a person in Bermuda had been diagnosed with the virus after travelling to an area with an outbreak ...

Physicians have criticised proposed healthcare legislation for unfairly targeting the private sector. The Bermuda Health Council Amendment Act 2016, which is due to be debated in the House of Assembly later this year, came under fire during a public ...

The Department of Health has reported the first confirmed case of imported Zika virus in Bermuda. The announcement yesterday comes a little more than a week since the ministry revealed that three people suspected of having Zika after returning from o...