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Promising Zika Vaccine Moves To Next Phase Of Human Trials

With projections putting the regional cost of the ongoing spread of the Zika virus at billions of dollars, the news that we are one step closer to a vaccine against the mosquito-borne disease is timely. On Friday, Dr Anthony Fauci, […]

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Zika Cost In the Region Will Be in the Billions

The Zika outbreak could cost the Caribbean and Latin America US$7-18 billion over 2015–2017 alone, a new report has found. And while larger economies such as Brazil could bear

Turks and Caicos health insurance scheme faces ‘serious issues and significant liabilities’

PROVIDENCIALES, TCI -- Commenting on a recent report on the management of the National Health Insurance Board (NHIB) by the chief internal auditor, Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI)

Breast Cancer Survivor Using Memoir to Help Build Oncology Centre in St Vincent

In 2007, not long after fulfilling her dream of living in Paris, France, Karla Baptiste was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer at the age of 34. She

Dr Trevor Layne: A Grenadian trailblazer

Dr Trevor Layne a trailblazer who is changing the world with medical breakthrough and social change. He has dedicated his life to the war on cancer. The

Corned Beef Ban in Caribbean Amid Rotten Meat Scandal

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Wednesday March 21, 2017 – Several Caribbean countries have ordered the immediate ban on the sale and importation of corned beef from Brazil, following reports that

Health City completes 300 tests in time for World Sleep Day

(CNS): As part of its research into sleep disorders and understanding the health benefits of sleep, doctors at Health City Cayman Islands have now completed 300 sleep analysis

Regional experts lay groundwork for unified response to vector-borne diseases

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -- “Although dengue has been in the region for years, with the introduction of chikungunya in 2013 and now zika, vector-borne diseases (VBDs) have

Study links Ibuprofen to heart problems

Taking ibuprofen to ease a headache may seem like no big deal, but Danish researchers caution against overdoing it. A study in the European Heart Journal suggests that

Guyana: New maternity wing at GPHC finally completed

After about a year's delay, the new maternity wing at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is finally completed, and currently in use. According to Public Health Minister, Volda

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