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At least 33 children aged 5 and under were so far this year infected by a respiratory virus that may have spread more quickly after Covid-19 public health measures were relaxed. Ayoola Oyinloye, the Chief Medical Officer, said there was a group of ch...

People with O positive blood were asked to donate after an emergency reduced stocks of the blood type. Donors were asked to make an appointment, although the Bermuda Hospitals Board added that “walk-ins are accepted”. Eyitayo Fakunle, a consultant ha...

The number of Bermudians needing dialysis treatment for kidney disease has increased fivefold in the past 20 years, according to a specialist doctor. Nephrologist Raphael Loutoby said about 250 people on the island require dialysis, compared with abo...

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...