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Protesters cheered outside the Cabinet Building last night after an unpopular proposal to adopt more stringent insurance coverage for mammography was dropped. It was an abrupt about-face for Jeanne Atherden, the Minister of Health, who told about 200...

The cost of the hospital’s new acute care wing is about to be passed on to consumers through higher premiums, as the price of the Standard Hospital Benefit goes up by more than ten per cent this month. The Standard Health Premium (SPR) is set to rise...

New proposals affecting insurance coverage for mammograms were again defended by Health Minister Jeanne Atherden yesterday. Coverage is to be switched over to the more stringent clinical practices of the United States, according to a new Bill. In ad...

Health minister Jeanne Atherden has responded to allegations by Kim Wilson that changes in mammograms services could cause “death by delay”. In the statement, Ms Atherden said the suggestion by the shadow minister was “misleading”, and that the Bermu...

New legislation that proposes United States style medical guidelines has come under criticism from Kim Wilson, the Shadow Minister of Health. Ms Wilson was responding to the Health Insurance (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2015, tabled in Friday’s Hous...

The first case of measles in Bermuda for some 25 years may have been detected, according to the Department of Health. The case is now being investigated by the Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit. Those close to the affected individual are being infor...

The Department of Health has issued a reminder on the importance of immunisation against measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases in light of recent US-based outbreaks. The Centers for Disease Control reporting a “large multi-scale measles outb...

Shadow Seniors’ Minister Derrick Burgess has criticised the OBA for dragging its feet over the issue of poor services and conditions in Bermuda’s senior care homes. The PLP MP has accused the government of “denials, delays and inaction” and has calle...

Flu shots will be given out to drive-through customers on Wednesday in Warwick, rather than tomorrow in Hamilton as originally planned. The Department of Health’s “flu express”, which had been set for 10am to 2pm at the car park of the Hamilton Healt...

Flu shots will be offered at sites around the Island next week, as the Department of Health starts its “flu express” service ahead of the winter months. The service allows people to drive up and get vaccinated while waiting in their cars. Those wishi...

Government have sent out a warning to Bermuda residents as the disease Chikungunya continues to spread in the Caribbean. A Department of Health spokeswoman advised that, in the wake of tropical storm Fay and Hurricane Gonzalo, the public should take...