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His name is Adrian Ali but he is now being called Lazarus. This after Ali said he “died” for 15 minutes during what was expected to be a routine

Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh believes the time has come to “start a conversation to a new paradigm to have a voluntary blood donation system,” in this country, which

The Ministry of Health in Trinidad and Tobago is reporting that the number of confirmed cases of Zika since the onset of the epidemic in February last year,

Trinidad authorities are grappling with an alarming level of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among schoolchildren. Last year alone, five primary school students tested positive for the HIV virus and

Everyone knows about cancer, but not everyone knows about prevention and detection, especially among women. Long-standing gynaecologic oncologist, Dr Tim Gopeesingh says there has not been a concerted and

With data revealing that Trinidad and Tobago has a “childhood obesity epidemic that must be arrested immediately”, the sale of sugar-sweetened drinks will be forbidden in the nation’s

A particular strain of dengue that causes hemorrhagic fever should hit T&T this year. This was disclosed by the Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh at a media conference on

Although the public health system was plagued by drug shortages, overcrowding at hospitals and the Zika virus pandemic during 2016, Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said it was the

NURSES continue to be under attack from patients at the nation’s hospitals, with no proper form of compensation for their injuries. This is the picture of the profession