Tag: health
Tufton to serve as PAHO council president
KINGSTON – Jamaica’s Health & Wellness Minister, Dr Christopher Tufton will serve as president of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) directing council meeting...
Four Roads and Crab Hill among pop-up sites for COVID-19 vaccines
Four Roads in St John and Crab Hill in St Lucy are two rural districts carded for a visit from the mobile COVID-19 immunisation...
Pele in “stable” condition, hospital says
SAO PAULO – World-renowned former Brazil footballer Pele, 80, is in a “stable” condition after “respiratory instability” early on Friday led to him being...
Prioritise expectant and lactating mothers for COVID-19 vaccinations, PAHO urges
BOGOTA – Countries in the Americas should prioritise pregnant and lactating women in distribution of COVID-19 shots, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said...
Ash in the lungs
Officials have been cautioning us about inhaling the dust, but people with respiratory challenges will need to be even more careful as the volcanic...
COVID-19 and Sex
A kiss from an infected or asymptomatic person can give you COVID-19.
Since COVID-19 is spread by respiratory droplets released when someone infected sneezes, coughs...