Health & Wellbeing
GBR | Aug 29, 2023
Reading Time: 2 minutes (Reuters): Britain’s state-run National Health Service (NHS)will be the first in the world to offer an injection that treats cancer to hundreds of patients in England, which could cut treatment…
Reading Time: 2 minutes The University of the West Indies, Mona (UWI) is encouraging students on campus to take action to protect themselves in light of a surge in cases. In a statement on…
Reading Time: 3 minutes The World Health Organization (WHO), on Monday, released new guidelines for shaping policies that protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing. Dr. Francesco Branca, director of WHO’s Department…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Jamaica’s public healthcare workers have been hailed as vanguards continue to “blaze a trail of service excellence to Jamaicans … in a challenging environment”. This, from the Minister of Health…
Reading Time: < 1 minute July will, once again, be the month where the sterling service of healthcare workers are appreciated by the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW) “For the second year running, we…
Reading Time: < 1 minute SAO PAULO (Reuters) Japan suspended purchases of poultry from a Brazilian state after an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) on a non-commercial farm, the domestic meat industry association…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Christopher Tufton, Minister of Health and Wellness, who currently serves as President of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Executive Council will preside over a four-day meeting of the Executive…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Dr. Terrance Drew, prime minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, on Tuesday (June 23), moved the second reading of the Smoking (Designated Areas) Bill, 2023, in the country’s National Assembly….
Reading Time: 3 minutes Minister of Health & Wellness, Dr. Christopher Tufton has challenged multilateral stakeholders, including the World Bank, to give greater attention to the health imperative in economic modeling, as small island…
Reading Time: 3 minutes In a bid to boost the supply of blood, the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) is strengthening its collection sites and expanding the programme to educational institutions. Delivering the keynote…
Reading Time: 2 minutes (Reuters) More than 109,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in the 12-month period ending January 2023, a slight increase from the previous year, according to provisional data from the Centers…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie has said that with the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Jamaica, people should continue eating healthy foods for sustainable health and well-being…