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Duguid’s hope for dental diplomacy

Special Envoy to the Prime Minister and veteran oral surgeon Dr William Duguid believes a formal oral health partnership between Barbados and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is “certainly...
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BAMP warns of rise in COVID-19 and influenza cases

The Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners (BAMP) is urging doctors and the public to remain vigilant amid a...
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Fogging programme suspended until further notice

The Ministry of Health and Wellness’ Vector Control Unit has suspended its fogging programme until further notice. The Ministry...
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Officials: Take extra care against measles

Barbados is being urged to tighten its defences against measles as the Americas confront their worst outbreak of...
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100 digital stethoscopes donated to boost health care system

The Bridgetown-based American University of Barbados (AUB) School of Medicine has helped to boost the country’s healthcare system...
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DENGUE ALERT!

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DENGUE AL ERT! Dengue (pronounced DENgee) cases are on the increase in the Caribbean, and so far for the year in Barbados there have been just under 40 people hospitalised out of 301 suspected and eight confirmed cases. Dengue is caused by any one of four viruses transmitted to people through the bites of infected Aedes species of mosquitoes (primarily Ae. aegypti or Ae. albopictus
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Rain Tree a giant silent doctor

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ANNette maynard-watson “There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the...
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