HIV/AIDS highlights gender inequalities in Cuba
By Ivet Gonzalez From Caribbean360 HAVANA, Cuba, Thursday May 8, 2014, IPS – All illusions of love, trust and dedication to a relationship flew out the window for Mayda Torres in 1992, when she found out she was HIV-positive while…
Latin America and the Caribbean redouble efforts to eradicate hunger
REPORT from Food and Agriculture Organization Relief Web President of Chile, FAO Director-General, Vice President of Venezuela and representatives of the 33 countries gather for FAO regional conference Santiago de Chile – Representatives of all countries in Latin America and…
DEH Advisory against consumption of Green Iguanas
From Cayman Islands Department of Environmental Health Officials from the Department of Environmental Health (DEH) are advising the public to refrain from eating green iguanas, especially from the West Bay area. Thirty dead green iguanas were recently reported to…
Caribbean International Holdings wholly owned subsidiary announces it has begun processing applicants for treatments via its website
Strategy is to Screen and Qualify Viable Applicants/Patients for Treatment in DR Through Regenerative BioScience, Inc. Treatments have already commenced SARASOTA, Fla., May 5, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Caribbean International Holdings (Pink Sheets:CIHN) through its subsidiary, Regenerative BioScience, Inc., (“RBS”)…
Medical Schools in region fight Caribbean flow
By Anemona Hartocollis From New York Times For a generation, medical schools in the Caribbean have attracted thousands of American students to their tiny island havens by promising that during their third and fourth years, the students would get crucial…
Discrimination associated with mental health woes in black teens
From Science Codex VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – The vast majority of African-American and Afro-Caribbean youth face racial discrimination, and these experiences are associated with an increased risk of mental health problems, according to a study to be presented Saturday, May…
Fund raiser for 8-year-old leukemia-stricken girl
By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life The parents of an eight-year-old Vincentian girl, who is stricken with leukemia, have received much-needed financial boost to help defray exorbitant medical bills after her relative conducted a fund-raising prayer breakfast last Saturday…
First case of deadly Middle Eastern virus found in U.S.
By Jason Abbruzzese From Mashable The Centers for Disease Control has confirmed that a case of the deadly Middle East respiratory syndrome known as MERS has been found in the United States for the first time. The disease has caused…
HSA celebrates International Day of the Midwife
On Monday 5th May the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority (HSA) will be celebrating ‘International Day of the Midwife’ with a display in the atrium of the Cayman Islands Hospital from 10am – 4pm showcasing midwifery, one of the most…
REPORT: Nightmare bacteria have now spread to every region of the world
By Kevin Loria From Business Insider The era of modern medicine may be coming to an end. Common bacteria that cause life-threatening infections have become resistant to our strongest antibiotics in every region of the world. That’s just one finding…
