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Health

Slow going at mobile clinic

It was a slow going on Thursday as the Ministry of Health’s new mobile clinic moved into Rosemont,St Michael. The Health Care on Wheels service was launched last month as...

Peak of 500 dengue cases

There was a peak of 500 dengue cases in January, following an outbreak in October. During that period, there...

Creating healthy schools with drug prevention

The following is a submission by the National Council on Substance Abuse to mark Drug Awareness Month. The National...

Connell: Screenings to tackle cases of high blood pressure

The Heart and Stroke Foundation, in collaboration with the University of the West Indies (UWI), will be hosting...

Transplant expert giving back through QEH

World-renowned Barbadian transplant specialist Dr Velma Scantlebury-White is looking to give back to her homeland. Though officially retired, she...

CURIOUS ABOUT COVID VACCINES

by There’s a lot to unpack about the COVID-19 vaccines. One of the main concerns about the vaccine has been the expediency with which it has been created and rolled out. Regardless of that notion of doubt or despair, the technology and fevered innovation of the human race, especially under duress, should never be underestimated. Last month we looked at how the two vaccines from China, Sinopharm

LET’S TALK ABOUT THE COVID TESTS

LET’S TALK ABOUT THE COVID TESTS by Nick Nunes “ Where do you see yourself in five years?” That’s an almost ageless question that rarely reaps accurate answers when the time finally passes. However, if you had been posed that hypothetical five years ago, who could have wildly divined that the world would be gripped by pandemic, lockdowns, the most comprehensive viral testing,

‘Mental ILLNESS & COVID-19

‘Mental ILLNESS & COVID-19 COVID-19 has rocked the whole world, affecting people from all walks of life. It is no respecter of persons regardless of race, status or age. No one expected a disease like this to hit our country, especially one so small in the Caribbean. When COVID affected China I was not really worried because it seemed so far away, but when it spread to the USA

I CAUGHT COVID-19 IN HIS OWN WORDS

I CAUGHT COVID-19 IN HIS OWN WORDS by David Hinkson It’s a call you least expect and a difficult one to handle in these times. On Saturday, January 23 at 7:15 p.m., my phone rang and the caller at the end of the line said, “We have the results from the COVID-19 test you took on January 15. Unfortunately, your test came back positive.” My first response, uttered in complete

CURIOUS ABOUT COVID VACCINES

CURIOUS ABOUT COVID VACCINES by Nick Nunes There’s a lot to unpack about the COVID-19 vaccines. One of the main concerns about the vaccine has been the expediency with which it has been created and rolled out. Regardless of that notion of doubt or despair, the technology and fevered innovation of the human race, especially under duress, should never be underestimated. National

THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE VIRUS VACCINE

T H E S C I E N C E B E H I N D T H E V I R U S & V A C C I N E by Nick Nunes Advances in technology and medicine are the reasons why the COVID-19 vaccines have been created and put on the market so quickly. This explanation came from Clinical Scientist Dr Kim Quimby, Chair of the UWI Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners CME Committee and a member