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Bermuda’s best response to a blood drive has been welcome news to recipients like Adrian Warner, whose life depends on transfusions of donated blood. Mr Warner, a sickle cell anaemia sufferer, was gratified to hear of the high turnout of new donors i...

An award winning Tina Turner impersonator will be turning the Bermuda Red Cross into a disco inferno next month. Canadian Luisa Marshall will be performing Tina Turner Tribute concert ‘Simply the Best’ at the Fairmont Southampton Hotel to raise money...

When Lolisa Gibson-Hunte was first found to be HIV positive at age of 17, she could have wallowed in her sadness and given up on life. Instead she became determined to learn as much as she could about the disease and devoted her time to educating an...

The Bermuda Health Foundation will celebrate Dr Malcolm Brock at its annual Salute to Service Award Luncheon this week. Dr Brock, a Bermudian Rhodes Scholar, is currently the associate professor of surgery and oncology at the Johns Hopkins School of ...

Only around two percent of Bermuda residents are responsible for the Island’s entire supply of donated blood, according to Health Minister Patricia Gordon Pamplin. Speaking to mark World Blood Donor Day, Ms Gordon Pamplin said that while in most deve...

Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley received a loud round of support yesterday when he disclosed the new substance abuse treatment centre in Dockyard will be named the Nelson Bascome Centre for Substance Abuse Treatment. “The late Honourable Membe...

A leaflet explaining healthcare costs and how to control them is being posted out to residents this month by the Bermuda Health Council (BHeC). BHeC CEO Jennifer Attride-Stirling said the Guide to Bermuda’s Health Costs was part of a wider campaign b...

Just back from a meeting of Health Ministers in Aruba on the impact of childhood obesity, Patricia Gordon Pamplin told MPs Bermuda’s population will face chronic health issues from preventable, non-communicable diseases. In a Ministerial statement th...

A record number of schools have received top marks in a campaign to encourage students to adopt healthier lifestyles. At this year’s Healthy Schools Awards, Education Minister Nalton Brangman revealed that 25 of the 32 schools that took part in the s...

The parents of a young boy who relies on regular blood transfusions are urging residents to become donors, and possibly save a life. Calvin Steede was diagnosed with sickle cell anaemia at birth. The nine-year-old receives monthly blood transfusions ...