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Bermuda is facing a shortage of a crucial vaccine that protects infants from diseases such as meningitis, septicaemia and diphtheria, after the manufacturer withdrew the product over quality control concerns. A Health Department spokeswoman last nigh...

Drive-through anti-flu jabs will be available from Department of Health centres beginning next week. The inoculations cost $10 per shot and are free for seniors. The Flu Express is “a convenient ‘drive through’ way for persons ten years and older to...

Government is continuing to work on resolving a shortage of vaccines on the Island. A spokeswoman for the Department of Health said the department has received a shipment of Gardisil and has begun to disperse it to physicians. The department was howe...

Residents immunised against Typhoid by the Department of Health in the past year may have to get a second shot. The department yesterday announced that pharmaceutical company Sanofi Pasteur had recalled batches of the vaccine administered here betwee...

The Department of Health has reminded persons travelling to the London Olympics to get vaccinated for measles before their trip. The virus can infect anyone breathing the same air as someone who is infected and stays in the air up to two hours after ...