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A Bill that will reduce the cost of standard healthcare, HIP and FutureCare premiums has been passed in the Senate. The Health (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2017 will also adjust benefits and move dialysis and kidney transplants to the mutual reinsu...

King Edward VII Memorial Hospital is at high occupancy but there is no bed shortage, according to a Bermuda Hospitals Board spokeswoman. Plans have been put in place specifically for the America’s Cup and preparations have also been made for an emer...

When the new Exhale Spa opened at the Hamilton Princess last year, Andrea Barker was first in line to sign up. Fellow barre enthusiast Cammii Horrell also leapt at the chance to get back into a workout she had always enjoyed. Neither of them realis...

Harrington Sound School will be closed tomorrow for cleaning and maintenance — although the Government says no further evidence of bird mites has been located. Freddie Evans, commissioner of education, said in a statement: “We are notifying parents o...

At six, Jaaziah Lowe was the youngest to compete in the Bermuda Half Marathon Derby. Tomorrow he’ll take part in the relay for the fourth time, again raising money for Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre. The idea was planted by his mother, Sophia Van-...

Three students from Somersfield Academy have been brightening up the lives of patients in the hospital’s continuing care unit and hope to leave a lasting legacy behind them. As part of a school project, M3 students Kate Tobin, Kyaida Lanthier and Mat...

The Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre (UCC) in St David’s will be open from 4pm to midnight tomorrow — the Bermuda Day holiday. However, the Bermuda Hospitals Board have advised that if a person’s condition is considered serious, they should go to the Em...

Former attorney-general Mark Pettingill has told why he got involved in civil court proceedings brought by the Government of Bermuda against the Lahey Clinic. The independent MP, who has lent his name to a document in support of Lahey’s motion to hav...

A former policeman who was awarded damages after suffering chronic kidney problems due to toxic mould at Somerset Police Station has donated $5,000 to the dialysis unit in Bermuda. Emmerson Donald, who is currently awaiting a kidney transplant in the...

Chickenpox cases remain above normal levels for the time of year. There have been 18 cases reported to the island’s Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit by doctors’ offices and labs in 2017. A Ministry of Health spokeswoman said: “This is notably hig...

Cancer patients in Bermuda will now be able to benefit from world-class, cutting-edge radiation treatments. After more than two years of hard work, the island’s first radiation therapy unit was officially opened at the Bermuda Cancer and Health Cent...

Eleven past and present members of the Bermuda legislature have declared their support for the Government’s claim against Lahey Clinic to be dismissed A brief in support of the clinic’s motion for the wide-ranging civil suit to be dropped has been s...