The world will see the hottest year on record for the third time in a row in 2016
By John Abraham, The Guardian From Business Insider We know the world is warming – no factor can explain it aside from human emissions of greenhouse gases. Despite this, people who deny the basic facts of climate change have tried…
Recruits test their fitness
Potential Cayman Islands prison officers recruits test their fitness More than 60 people hit the track early Saturday morning to put their fitness to the test, in hopes of becoming a new recruit with Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service…
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UWI regional task force on zika tracks rare neurological disorder
From Caribbean News Now PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — The Caribbean has moved one step closer to uncovering the link between the zika virus disease and a rare neurological illness. Once an obscure pathogen, the mosquito-borne zika virus quickly spread…
American Red Cross partners with American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine on academic service learning Initiative
Program Will Mobilize Students to Deliver Health Education to Local Communities CUPECOY, St. Maarten–(BUSINESS WIRE)–American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) and the American Red Cross (Red Cross) have established a partnership to provide opportunities for AUC medical…
UK: Home office overturns decision on May Brown’s sisiter’s UK Visa entry!!!
By Ronke Oke From change.org 21 Oct 2016 — I come with good news… I am glad to announce the Home Office has lifted the ban on May Brown’s sister entering the UK. It was confirmed late yesterday. An official statement from…
Cayman Islands cancer registry registration on the rise
Registration rates for the Cayman Islands’ cancer registry have been consistently increasing each year. This is the result of cancer survivors and patients being regularly referred to the registry from more than a dozen medical professionals and cancer organisations across…
Miami Cancer Institute adds two leading proton therapy experts to its comprehensive radiation oncology department
MIAMI, FL – October 20, 2016 — Marcio Fagundes, M.D., and Michael Chuong, M.D., have joined Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health South Florida’s unique and integrated Radiation Oncology department, which will offer both standard photon therapy and, beginning in…
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Study shows you can’t think straight when your iPhone is in the other room
By Ashlee Kieler From Consumerist A day without my smartphone is a day I couldn’t even imagine (scary, I know). And a new study by scientists at the University of Missouri says that not only is this separation anxiety very…
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Caribbean and Central America join forces on Rainwater Harvesting
From Global Water Partnership GWP Central America hosted a regional workshop on Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) on 22-23 September in El Salvador. The workshop brought together practitioners from across the region. GWP Caribbean also took part, under the theme “Considerations for…
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Cayman Islands’ Healthcare Conference speakers help define important moments in every chapter
The upcoming Cayman Islands’ Healthcare Conference, under the theme ‘The Chapters of a Healthy Life’, will bring together a variety of speakers from the Caribbean region and beyond, to discuss some of the defining aspects in every chapter of not…
