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The miraculous reasons woodpeckers can slam their faces into trees all day and never get brain damage
By Jessica Orwig From Business Insider BI ANSWERS: Do woodpeckers get brain damage? Right now, over 200 species of woodpeckers around the world are slamming their faces into the side of a tree without a second thought about what this…
Man dies after condom machine explosion
From The Local de A young man from western Germany died in tragic circumstances on Christmas Eve after blowing up a condom machine with a homemade bomb. The 29-year-old from Münster was hit by a steel shard from the condom…
Tobacco companies’ appeal of settlement changes is tossed
By Lizzy McLellan, From The Legal Intelligencer The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has denied the appeal of a lower court’s ruling that modified a partial settlement agreement between several states and tobacco companies in a way that saved Pennsylvania about $126…
Big litigation guns hired in wake of controversial Al Jazeera report
By Jennifer Henderson, From The Am Law Daily Litigators from Davis Wright Tremaine, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan have been retained in the aftermath of a controversial investigative report aired by Al Jazeera America on Sunday…
Data relating to suicide hotline should be made public
From Stabroek News Dear Editor [Stabroek News], The Caribbean Voice (TCV) notes the disclosure by Caitlin Vieira, “that the helpline has 100% success rate thus far in the sense that all callers have been helped with their issues/situations, and have…
Cayman Islands Public Health Department issues Zika virus update
Acting Medical Officer of Health, Dr Samuel Williams-Rodriguez has provided an update on the current status of the Zika Virus outbreak in the Caribbean region and the Americas. The update follows a teleconference with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)…
Cayman Islands’ Fire Officers welcome sick comrade
The Cayman Islands Fire Service turned out on the Owen Roberts International Airport tarmac to welcome Station Officer Percival Whorms back to the Islands on Monday, 21st December 2015. Mr Whorms had spent the last six months in Miami undergoing…
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Trini mother and newborn baby dies, Swine Flu suspected
By Trinidad Express TRINIDAD EXPRESS – THE Ministry of Health is awaiting the result of an autopsy on the body of Stacy Ramkissoon, to confirm that she died from the H1N1 (swine flu) virus. If confirmed, it will be the…
Cayman Islands Hospital Children’s Ward benefits from toy donation
The Immigration Department on Friday 18th December 2015 took time to deliver presents to the pediatric ward of the Cayman Islands Hospital. Drives at Immigration Headquarters and its location at Cayman Centre collected more than three boxes and three bags…
Health care collaborations among competitors: minimizing antitrust risks
By Scott P. Perlman, From Corporate Counsel In the past five years since the adoption of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the health care industry has experienced an unprecedented wave of consolidation and collaboration. While much of the attention has…
