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The Black community have a longstanding negative relationship with scientific research, and they are not the ones to blame. Black individuals are justified by their choice to not participate in research studies by autonomy. Their choice, however, is ...

A market with a purpose is taking place at Francis Patton Primary School on Sunday. The host is Rise Tribe, a supportive community for anyone struggling through abusive trauma. Clothes, handbags, water bottles and other affirmation-bearing items sold...

Pharmacists and paediatricians are expected to start administering the in-demand Moderna coronavirus vaccine next week — more than a month after it arrived on the island. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said that clearance was provided last ...

Drivers turned out yesterday for the start of the health department’s annual Flu Express programme. Nurses administered shots at Sandys Secondary Middle School to people in priority groups, such as healthcare workers, caregivers and those aged 65 and...

Care home residents could be moved to a specially set-up facility before major storms if forecasts predicted a risk of flooding, a health disaster co-ordinator revealed. Brett Lefkowitz said he was mindful of the impacts of hurricanes and called on o...

Half term is approaching and for the first time in for ever we are heading to Disney. The last time we went, the girls were little and the week was full of character breakfasts, meeting princesses, Frozen experiences and all the Mickey Mouse ear-wea...

For a very long time, Hyman Bartley kept his drug habit a secret. Then married with four children, he went off to work at a hotel desalination plant each day. No one suspected a thing until he got to the point where he was unable to do his job withou...

A government health clinic which was shut down after sewage from a neighbouring property was pumped into the building’s drinking water tank will not fully reopen this year. The Hamilton Health Clinic, at 67 Victoria Street, closed down after the cont...

A programme management office is being set up within the Government as part of its efforts to deliver universal health coverage, senators heard on Wednesday. Arianna Hodgson, the junior health minister, also told the Upper House that KPMG, a professi...

I once caused mass confusion by recommending flapjacks as healthy school snacks, because people thought I was putting pancakes in lunch boxes. In England, flapjacks are soft granola bars, sometimes crunchy around the edges, and not pancakes as our A...

Quarantine guidance for Covid-19 is being reassessed, the Government has confirmed. As of August 31, government mandates require anyone who tests positive for Covid-19 to isolate for at least a week and complete contact-tracing provisions. But a spok...

Mental health services will see a boost in funding, the health minister assured yesterday. Kim Wilson said that the cash injection, which was announced in July as part of a $15 million relief package, would help to meet the demand for more treatment ...