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Bermuda has been hit by a confirmed imported case of dengue this year, a government official said. The spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health added that there had been a further three suspected imported cases of the virus, but emphasised there was n...

Plans for a broader, cheaper standard health coverage package to encompass all the island’s residents were given a cautious welcome yesterday. Charles Jeffers, the deputy chairman of the seniors advocates Age Concern, called a proposal to revamp the ...

A revised package of health benefits could cut out-of-pocket expenses for the public, according to plans unveiled by Bermuda’s health minister yesterday. However, specifics on what the new plan will provide, as well as who will administer the scheme...

A 44-year-old woman has been charged with the theft of more than $2,700 worth of prescription drugs. Fiona Iris was accused of using invalid prescriptions 41 times to obtain codeine and atasol painkillers. Prosecutors alleged in Magistrates’ Court ye...

The Bermuda Health Council has asked people for “innovative solutions” to help fight against serious diseases. The Council is developing a Chronic Disease Innovation Programme, which will fund initiatives to address high rates of non-communicable chr...

It’s Cup Match time in Bermuda ... bacchanal! It’s one of my favourite holidays next to my birthday — yes, a holiday — and Christmas. The banter leading up to the game: Somerset (the best) versus St George’s; the Facebook memes, the Photoshopped pic...

Losing weight wasn’t at the forefront of Shauntia Simmons’s mind, but then her boss signed her up for MarketPlace’s Biggest Loser Challenge. Four months later, the warehouse worker at Somerset MarketPlace is 50lbs lighter and determined to keep the p...

Bermuda Hospitals Board wishes the public a happy and safe Cup Match weekend. For minor but urgent illness and injuries, the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre (UCC) in St David’s will be open as usual from 4pm to midnight on Thursday and Friday and from ...

Medical trainee Nathan Titterton is no stranger to representing his peers. Now the 19-year-old will serve as the president of his medical school at the prestigious University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. Nathan, from Sandys, said that his new pos...

The Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute got into the holiday spirit by partnering with Youth Vision for the sixth year in a row to present the “Cup Match at MWI Experience”. But this year, the partnership has expanded to include the Living Legends Camp ...

So it’s summer, which means it’s hot, humid and muggy — it’s all I hear all day. This is the season when many people lose their motivation to exercise because it feels so much harder. And for those who stick with it, walking and running paces may cha...

Chips for breakfast, a burger for lunch, Mr Chicken for dinner: for nearly 20 years, this was Royston Morton’s diet. At his heaviest he was 322lbs — the result of a massive weight gain in 2010, while in Boston for brother Winston Lottimore’s kidney t...