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Post-Harvey problems plague Texas as funerals for dead begin
By Jeff Amy and Juan A. Lozano Associated Press From The Spokesman Review HOUSTON – One week after Harvey roared into the Gulf Coast, a Texas city struggled with no drinking water, fires kept erupting at a stricken chemical plant…
Miami Cancer Institute names Dr. Koehne Chief of Bone Marrow Transplantation & Hematologic Oncology
Dr. Koehne comes to Miami from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, where he currently serves as one of the leading physicians in the Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Service in the Division of Hematologic Oncology MIAMI, FL…
Canada’s Cronos dips toes in Caribbean [Cayman Islands] medical cannabis market
From Marijuana Business Daily Cronos Group is exporting medical marijuana oil to the Cayman Islands, making it the second Canadian MMJ producer to ship the product to the Caribbean island. CEO Mike Gorenstein described the sale – the company’s first…
New senator, new education minister in Grenada cabinet reshuffle
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (GIS) — Senator Simon Stiell has been promoted to a full government minister in Grenada as part of a minor cabinet reshuffle announced on Wednesday. Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell said Stiell is being elevated to the…
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World Water Week highlights health, human rights, IWRM connections
By DELIA PAUL From IISD STORY HIGHLIGHTS: International organizations launched projects connecting human rights, health and IWRM, at a range of events during World Water Week in Stockholm. The World Water Council launched a project on overcoming challenges to implementing…
Peter Thiel funded unregulated human research in the Caribbean
By Erin Schumaker From Huffington Post But the scientific process may stop him in his tracks. Tech billionaire and informal Donald Trump adviser Peter Thiel bankrolled a herpes vaccine trial in the Caribbean that not only flouted United States safety…
Laparoscopic surgery performed on newborn for the first time in Cayman Islands
Surgeons at the Cayman Islands Hospital have made medical history on island by performing laparoscopic or “keyhole” surgery on a three-week-old patient suffering from pyloric stenosis, a digestive disorder in newborns, which keeps food from moving into the intestines. Sacha…
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New regional partnership for water security to protect human health
By Deandrea Hamilton Trinidad&Tobago – Port of Spain – The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C), recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on initiatives related to water resources and human health. The…
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Man scooping up handfuls of mosquitoes is the stuff of nightmares BY BRIAN KOERBER From Mashable One mosquito inside your home is enough to drive anyone insane, never mind a handful. A clip filmed in the coastal town of Taganrog,…
Cronos Group begins exporting cannabis oil to the Cayman Islands
TORONTO, Aug. 29, 2017 /CNW/ – Cronos Group Inc. (TSXV:MJN) (OTC: PRMCF) (“Cronos” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that one of its wholly-owned licensed producers, Peace Naturals Project Inc. (“Peace”) has successfully completed the Company’s first shipment of medical…
