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FLORIDA: Key Haven residents vote against mosquito test
By Terry Roen Residents of Key Haven voted decisively against a referendum to allow genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in a test to control the spread of Zika virus, while residents of Monroe County voted to approve the test. The…
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FLORIDA: Intrexon (XON) Announces Monroe County votes in support of trial utilizing Oxitec’s genetically engineered mosquitoes
From StreetInsider Oxitec announces that the residents of Monroe County, Florida yesterday voted to support the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District utilizing Oxitec’s genetically engineered, self-limiting mosquitoes in an effectiveness trial to fight against the Aedes aegypti mosquito. “The voters…
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Project HOPE airlifts medicines and supplies to Haiti
From South Florida Caribbean News Millwood, VA – Project HOPE sent an airlift of medicines and supplies to Haiti on Friday (Nov. 4) as health needs persist one month after Hurricane Matthew blasted through the Caribbean nation. The global health development organization…
The rise in infectious diseases is an opportunity for biotech investors
By Patrick Cox, Mauldin Economics From Business Insider The CDC has expanded its count of Miami neighborhoods with verified local transmission of the Zika virus. As a result, pregnant women are taking precautions. Some have left the area. Others are…
You’ve been breathing all wrong
By Erin Brodwin from Business Insider It’s literally the most boring thing you do every day. And thank goodness — if breathing weren’t completely rote, we’d all be dead. But if you’re like me, your inhales and exhales seem to be…
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Adventist church partners with Have A Heart Cayman Islands
From Seventh- Day Adventist Church Kings Seventh-day Adventist Church is partnering with Health City’s Have a Heart Cayman Islands to assist children travelling to the Cayman Islands for life-saving heart surgery. Since its launch in 2014, the non-profit Have a…
Zika’s million-dollar question: Where are the birth defects?
By Will Carless From PRI For experts studying the mosquito-borne virus Zika, the data just got even more confusing. A curious conclusion is emerging: While the virus has spread like wildfire across the Americas, outside Brazil, an epidemic of birth…
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RE/MAX Cayman Islands announces its participation in 2016 MOvember Cayman Islands
GEORGE TOWN, CAYMAN ISLANDS, November 4, 2016 – RE/MAX Cayman Islands announces its participation in the 2016 MOvember Cayman Islands annual charity event. Supporting the local community is extremely important to RE/MAX Cayman Islands who regularly support charities including the…
Cayman Islands says “All eyes on diabetes”
The Cayman Islands will mark World Diabetes Day on Monday, 14 November 2016, along with millions of people around the globe. The date is set by the International Diabetes Federation, aiming to raise awareness of diabetes and the importance of…
Baking soda molasses protocol may cure many cancers
From PreventDiseases One man claims he has found a cure for cancer and actually successfully treated his own by using baking soda. Vernon Johnston was diagnosed with stage IV aggressive prostate cancer which metastasized to his bones. He initially turned…
