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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...

Well-known bus driver and tourism ambassador Mark Anderson is hoping to raise funds for his Goddaughter by walking the length of the Island on Wednesday. Mr Anderson, the man behind Queen of Bermuda Sybil Barrington, is aiming to raise $60,000 by w...

Kim Rubenstein described the time her son Daniel’s struggle with drugs as “a dark period” in her life. She had no idea where to turn but stumbled on the Caron Foundation, which set in motion a series of events that led her to help countless addicts ...

A drug recovery specialist is to visit the Island to share her own personal story of experience, strength and hope as part of Pathways Bermuda’s Fifth Annual Award of Excellence. Keynote speaker Kim Rubenstein serves on the Regional Advisory Board an...

I’m going to die, just like my mother did. That’s what Ronda Lewis thought the moment she heard she had breast cancer. “I immediately had a throwback moment, because I was just 38 years old,” said Ms Lewis. “My mother, Lynette Trott, died from breast...

Today marks the day a daughter fulfils a promise she made to her dying mother a year ago — and she and her son have raised nearly $3,500 for cancer charities in the process. Jillian Potts had cancer diagnosed in February last year and her daughter, J...

Bermuda has had four imported cases of the mosquito-borne disease Chikungunya that has spread throughout the Caribbean, MPs were told during the Budget debate on Monday. As of January 21, the Department of Health had reported three cases, saying that...

For Tash Pethick, this Friday’s cancer fundraiser for St Baldrick’s carries a sense of personal mission. Ms Pethick has already raised nearly $10,000 for the St Baldrick’s charity cause — inspired by a close friend’s battle with stage two breast canc...

An 11-year-old Bermudian who is terminally ill with cancer has been given new hope. Neehari Robinson moved closer to raising the £20,000 necessary for the alternative treatment his parents, Otis and Shakira, believe can help him to recover. The money...

The Department of Health has confirmed that two suspected cases of measles are being investigated. The Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit was alerted this week — the first on Wednesday and the second yesterday. Those close to the pair are being info...

A fundraising appeal has been launched to help a mother of two suffering from a rare form of cancer. Kamala Smith, 32, had leiomyosarcoma (LMS) — a cancer of the smooth muscle and connective tissues — diagnosed in September 2011. Her friends and fam...

After three decades championing the cause of cancer patients, Ann Smith Gordon is leaving PALS. The 79-year-old is ready to take a breather — she’ll walk away from the charity’s Point Finger Road offices as soon as a replacement is found. “I am not r...