BBC News: A new strain of flu that has the potential to become a pandemic has been identified in China by scientists.
It emerged recently and is carried by pigs, but can infect humans, they say.
The researchers are concerned that...
Press Release:- The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved US$15 million in additional financing for health sector projects in the Eastern Caribbean.
The financing replenishes funds that were redirected from these projects to support the countries’ immediate emergency response to...
Press Release:- Recently, a team of neurosurgeons raced against the clock to save the life of a 55-year old St. Lucian male patient at the Owen King EU Hospital.
This patient was the unfortunate victim of a tragic motor vehicular...
Press Release:- As we continue in the attempt to control the spread of COVID-19, the Ministry of Health and Wellness reminds the public of the following:
1. The Outpatient Clinics at the Owen King EU Hospital (OKEU-H) have reopened. However,...
Jamaica Observer:- MEDICINAL herb practitioner Carlton Bennett is calling on his fellow Jamaicans to embrace herbal medicine as a preventative and curative measure for COVID-19 and every other kind of disease.
“Herb is the healing of the nation,” Bennett, or King...
Press Release:- The United Kingdom has agreed to contribute 3 million Pounds (USD $3.8 m) to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to help eight countries of the Caribbean - Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and...
Press Release:- Our local nurses are receiving support from the Make It Happen Foundation as the organization continues to stand out as a charity championing the causes of our frontliners.
With International Nurses Day marked on May 12, the donation is...
Press Release:- The Millennium Heights Medical Complex Act, No. 1 of 2015 came into force on the 22nd day of January, 2018.
As a result, the Victoria Hospital was preserved and continues in existence as the Owen King EU Hospital.
Due...
UN News:- With “unprecedented solidarity”, the World Health Assembly adopted a “landmark resolution” on Tuesday, which sets out a “clear roadmap” of the actions needed to sustain and accelerate the COVID-19 response at both national and international levels, the...
CNN: Tedros Adhanom-Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, on Wednesday said that more cases had been reported to the agency in the last 24 hours than any time since the novel coronavirus outbreak began.
“We still have a long...
BBC News:- The coronavirus "may never go away", the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.
Speaking at a briefing on Wednesday, WHO emergencies director Dr Mike Ryan warned against trying to predict when the virus would disappear.
He added that even if...
CNN: "It's not over until it's over."
That was South Korean President Moon Jae-in, speaking Sunday after a new cluster of coronavirus cases emerged in the country's capital Seoul, sparking fear of a second wave of infections in the East Asian country.
South...
AP:- Prime Minister Boris Johnson has offered more insight into his hospitalisation for coronavirus, telling a British newspaper that he knew doctors were preparing for the worst.
The 55-year-old Johnson, who spent three nights in intensive care during his week...
The Ministry of Health is urging males who have COVID-19 symptoms to access the services at respiratory clinics around the Island.
"To date, the Ministry of Health’s data indicates that the services of these clinics are largely being accessed by...
Prime Minister Allen Chastanet has lauded he leadership of Health Minister Mary Isaac in Saint Lucia's battle against COVID-19.
"I want to congratulate the Minister and her Ministry for an incredible feat, in that Saint Lucia is one of the...
Saint Lucia and Dominica have come to the assistance of Martinique in its battle against COVID-19, by supplying much needed medication to the French-speaking Island.
Prime Minister Allen Chastanet said he has since received a thank you letter from the...
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton has confirmed an additional 18 cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Jamaica.
This now puts the country's tally at 143.
The ages of the newly infected individuals range from...
Press Release:- As part of the continued strategy to control the spread of COVID-19, the Ministry of Health and Wellness informs the public of the following:
Visiting hours at the Owen King EU Hospital on a daily basis are limited...
CNN: To stop the spread of coronavirus, many states are under stay-at-home orders and travel restrictions limit where you can go.
But that doesn't mean many well-meaning people may not wind up exposing themselves to germs unwittingly.
On a recent trip...
CNN: Cheryl from Jacksonville, Florida, asked CNN's coronavirus town hall if Covid-19 can be contracted by ingesting it from produce at a supermarket.
CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta said that since the virus is respiratory, you can't get...
