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Health Minister Jeanne Atherden believes nurses could be more involved when it comes to health policy and creating legislation. Ms Atherden was responding to comments by Maxine Herbert-Watson, of the Bermuda Nurses Association, during the proclamatio...

A medical seminar aims to render the Island’s health system more effective by “unifying us around the philosophy and practice of evidence based medicine”, according to chief medical officer Cheryl Peek-Ball. The symposium for healthcare professionals...

The Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit of the Department of Health is receiving reports of diarrhoea and vomiting illness in the community, above what is expected. Many of these cases have been confirmed as being caused by a virus called rotavirus. T...

A local distributor has suspended deliveries of Blue Bell ice cream after the Texas-based company announced a voluntary recall of its products, citing a possible health risk. A sampling of Blue Bell products in the United States produced several posi...

Chickenpox has shown an increase of up to one case per week for the past several weeks, a Ministry of Health spokesman has reported — more cases than 2014 overall. Nine cases have been reported to the Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (ESU): four in...

Dr Ayesha Peets Talbot has passed the American Board of Obesity Medicine Certification Exam for obesity medicine physicians and as a result has become certified in the subspeciality of obesity medicine. This makes Dr Peets Talbot the first certified ...

Reducing the prevalence of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer is a priority for Health Minister Jeanne Atherden and her team, she said yesterday. She made the announcement as part of events to mark World Health Day. This week, April 6 to 12,...

Representatives from the Caribbean Public Health Agency have been in Bermuda to help conduct data analysis from a survey with the purpose of tackling chronic diseases in Bermuda. The Ministry for Health, Seniors and the Environment initiated the STE...

An impending $40 million to be paid for the new wing of King Edward VII Memorial Hospital in the coming fiscal year has many in the community wondering who will be called upon to pay. However, even though the Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) is out of c...

The health ministry has released a warning for residents to check their shelves after American exporter Aurora Products launched a voluntary recall of certain lots of Natural Walnuts and Trail Mixes containing walnuts because they have the potential ...