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Pesticides, including the controversial weedkiller Roundup, are to get tighter governmental oversight, according to Kim Wilson, the health minister. The glyphosate-based product, manufactured by the agrochemical firm Monsanto, has come under fire as ...

Patient representatives joined health and social care professionals as well as delegates from the Government and non-profit organisations at the launch of a sweeping study of Bermuda’s health needs. The event was hosted by Ayoola Oyinloye, the Chief ...

A father of three who is battling cancer in his bones and lungs has set up a fundraiser to pay for experimental treatment. George Scott-Smith, 56, said that he had been fighting prostate cancer since 2019, and discovered in January that it had metast...

Infants are to be given the chance for a better start in life through a government programme that will map the gaps, disparities and inequalities in child services. The First 1,000 Days initiative was unveiled in Friday’s Throne Speech and is designe...

A Bermudian surgeon remains astonished by his luck at taking to the streets of New York tomorrow in the city’s world-renowned annual marathon. If chance had not stacked the deck “remarkably” in his favour, John Harvey would have died three years ago,...

Information Commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez is to challenge a court ruling which found that she did not have the right to examine all records held by public authorities. The judgment, issued by Puisne Judge Shade Subair Williams at the start of this...

Bermuda recorded its first death linked to Covid-19 in three months, it was announced last night. Health officials said the island’s single fatality brought the total death toll of the pandemic to 149. But active cases have fallen to 35, with three p...

A new study is set to be launched to help to determine levels of adolescent anxiety and depression among young people in Bermuda. The study will examine how commonplace anxiety and depression symptoms are in young people, as well as their attitudes t...

Advice about improving quality of life for older people as well as long-term care are among the work expected to be covered by an Ageing Well Committee. The Ministry of Social Development and Seniors asked residents to express interest in becoming a ...

Free health screenings, healthy food samples and water will be on offer as part of a public open day being hosted by the Bermuda Diabetes Association. The charity is inviting the public to the event on November 14, World Diabetes Day, to learn more ...