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Government is to review how the sugar tax was implemented over concerns that retailers had spread the impact of the tax across other items. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, told the House of Assembly: “We need to have a look at this again. ...

Cuts could be made to the price of prescription drugs if the Government worked with other countries to negotiate better rates, the health watchdog’s chief executive said yesterday. Ricky Brathwaite, head of the Bermuda Health Council, explained that ...

The Ministry of Health has begun an investigation into two cases of the highly infectious whooping cough at a Devonshire school. Carlos Symonds, head of school at Somersfield Academy, told parents in an e-mail yesterday that the department had confir...

The Ministry of Health would like to inform the public that the application period for the Dr. Barbara Ball Public Health Scholarship will open on February 10. The application period will conclude on 30 April 2020. The Ministry of Health awards the...

Patients 1st Bermuda, a pressure group with 10,000 supporters to improve healthcare reform, is hosting a ‘Health Plan Talk in the Park’ this Friday Feb 7th. The group was started by concerned medical professionals and has now grown to a community fo...

Parents were urged to keep their children off school if they showed signs of whooping cough after two confirmed cases of the highly contagious illness. Staff at Somersfield Academy announced a string of precautionary measures yesterday in efforts to ...

A health seminar for medical professionals to gain education credits is on offer this Saturday from Colonial Group International. The annual forum, focusing on medicine for a new decade, will be held from 8am at the Hamilton Princess Hotel. Open to t...

Young people are encouraged to apply for a summer student programme at the Bermuda Hospitals Board. The BHB said it wants Bermudians to join its team to help it provide “the highest-quality healthcare through service excellence, education and leaders...

The “Docs for Dinner” event which was originally scheduled for October 31, 2019, has been rescheduled and will now be held on Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at Café Lido. Cocktails will be served at 6:30 p.m. Speaker for the event, Dr. Pa...

A supply problem has forced a dental health programme in schools to be scaled back. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said that the programme was told in August that its usual supplier could no longer provide fluoride, used to prevent tooth d...