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Health minister Kim Wilson called on all corners of society to jump aboard a national health drive. Ms Wilson said the 50 Million Steps Challenge will help combat a health epidemic in which 75 per cent of adults are overweight or obese, 33 per cent h...

David Burt has offered his personal congratulations to cancer researcher Carika Weldon. The Premier, who met with Dr Weldon at the Cabinet Office, said in a statement: “At a very young age, Dr Weldon has played and continues to play a significant rol...

The Bermuda Union of Teachers yesterday said it was “encouraged” by Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch’s moves to fix persistent problems with mould in public schools. Colonel Burch, the Minister for Public Works, paid a visit to Dellwood Middle School ...

If you’re not into javelin, long jump or track and field, then physical education can be the toughest lesson in your timetable. But Tara Cassidy is bringing circus arts to schools after discovering how much it did for her own wellbeing. She and Kalli...

Two clinical nurse educators have become certified dementia independent trainers at the Bermuda Hospitals Board. Tamra Broadley and Marina Cann attended a two-day course in Duluth, Georgia, meaning the BHB can add the “Positive Approach to Care” meth...

The Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre will be closed this weekend due to a staffing shortage. The fast-track service at the Emergency Department at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital will be extended to midnight to accommodate patients who would norma...

Dear Sir, I should have made myself clear in my Letter to the Editor on September 6, titled “Hospice needs reviving”. I did not make these observations after just one visit to a friend. I was a volunteer at Agape House for almost ten years until 2016...

Sometimes during this fitness and wellness journey we find ourselves searching for means of motivation and inspiration, especially on days when we ‘just don’t feel like it’. Let’s be real, those days come around quite often. It’s refreshing knowing...

A proposed sugar tax should not concentrate on sodas, the head of an island soft drinks distributor said yesterday. Bruce Barritt, general manager of John Barritt & Son warned that a fresh tax on soft drinks could impact business and jobs. He said: ...

A tax on sugar introduced in Mexico in 2013 cut sales of sodas by 12 per cent — now the Bermuda Diabetes Association hopes a similar policy could do the same for Bermuda. It comes after the Throne Speech revealed that the Government would begin a con...

Bermuda Healthcare Services and Brown-Darrell Clinic will be hosting its quarterly “Docs for Dinner” event at Café Lido tomorrow. The guest speaker is Jay Alexander Graham, an abdominal transplant surgeon in the Bronx at Montefiore Medical Centre, wh...

Shadow education minister Cole Simons said the Ministry of Education has no refurbishment or remediation plan for public schools after Dellwood Middle School was closed off in areas to treat mould yesterday. Mr Simons added that, when he was educatio...