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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 ...

If you’re used to gluten-free baking turning your tongue into the Sahara desert, you’re not alone. Gluten-free baking is often dry — and if it’s not, you have to watch out for processed fats on the ingredient list. Gluten-free, after all, doesn’t me...

More than 90 per cent of food service businesses were ranked in the top two levels of a grading system for hygiene and health standards after checks by environmental health officials. Figures showed that 129 restaurants, cafés and takeaways score...

Wannita Smith knew from a young age that she wanted a career in healthcare. At 24 she went all in, buying the optometry practice she’d worked at for several summers. She is glad she took the risk. On Saturday Spexx celebrated ten years; Mrs Smith is ...

An online portal will be launched today for health professionals to pay registration application fees. The Bermuda Health Council announced its move to the new system yesterday. It said: “The online payment portal allows regulated health professiona...

During Nutrifit, our six-week optimum nutrition programme, we talk a lot about how important it is to create a supportive environment. It’s easy to think that people just need to use self-control, but the reality is that willpower is a bit of a misl...

The Minister of Health, Kim Wilson, is to hold a press conference today at 10.30am which is expected to focus on the coronavirus pandemic and how the island moves forward. It comes after the minister announced earlier this week that emergency powers ...

Why do I love Bermuda? Among many reasons, there is a vibrant, colourful one; it brings a smile to my face and wonder to my heart every time it appears. It makes everyone happy and brightens every day. It appears and vanishes as if by magic in a fair...

Health and wellness are to be celebrated carnival style as part of an event taking place today. The Health Promotion Office of the Department of Health will host the Celebrating Wellness: Carnival Ready Health Extravaganza in Victoria Park from 4pm ...

Emergency powers brought in to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic will be withdrawn at the end of November, Kim Wilson, the health minister, said yesterday. The minister is to outline the moves when the House of Assembly meets on Friday for the first time ...

Bermuda’s environmental watchdog is to call on the Minister of Home Affairs to reconsider the decision to defund the Government’s air quality monitoring programme. The Environmental Authority raised the matter at a recent meeting where Belco air-qua...