Zika virus was in Haiti before it was in Brazil, study finds
By Maggie Fox From NBC News The Zika virus was circulating in Haiti in 2014, long before it became obvious that it was spreading fast in Brazil, a new study finds. A team that went back and checked out three…
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Toxic algae blooms – the worst from the strongest El Nino ever?
By Dr Bill McGraw From Caribbean News Now Aquaculture and Environmental Scientist [email protected] www.newaquatechpanama.com BOQUETE, Panama — Losses due to toxic algal blooms are reported to be in excess of $82 million to all associated marine industries, not to mention…
Venezuela: Opposition claims gov’t hiding up to 500,000 Zika cases
By Mary Chastain From BREITBART Venezuelan opposition legislator José Manuel Olivares claims the country has under-reported cases of the Zika virus and the country lacks necessary medical supplies to properly combat the outbreak sweeping the region. “I hope that President…
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Community Events NWDA Community Outreach The National Workforce Development Agency (NWDA), in an effort to provide improved customer service to its clients in their job seeking efforts, will have a representative at the district libraries to provide: Opportunities to…
New Years Honours for Cayman Islands Doctor
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has recognized Dr Virginia Hobday (Clough) in the 2015 New Year’s Honours List. Virginia Hobday, MB. BS, MRCGP, DFFP, M. Phil Dr Hobday is named a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British…
Why are infants dying in the Dominican Republic’s hospitals?
From Caribbean360 SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, December 1, 2014 — A report conducted last October by Altagracia Guzman Marcelino, the Dominican Republic’s new Minister of Health, found that the deaths of 11 babies in one weekend at Robert Reid Cabral…
New Hampshire hospital may have exposed patients to an incurable, terrifying brain disease
By Jennifer Welsh Business Insider PHOTO: #1 Wikipedia/Sbrandner There’s a small chance that 13 patients in and around New Hampshire were exposed to an extremely rare, terrifying, and deadly degenerative brain disease known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob, according to a state health…
Carnival Magic cruise ship confirmed safe from Ebola
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a public advisory confirming that the Carnival Magic cruise ship is safe to continue its normal operations cruising the Caribbean. Following its review of all of the evidence pertaining…
Ebola: What is the Caribbean doing? – Three reports & WHO focuses on preventing regional spread
Caribbean Island St. Lucia bans entry of travellers from Ebola-stricken countries By Erika Villanueva From China Topix Officials from the island of St. Lucia in the Caribbean have ordered a travel ban for people coming from Ebola-hit West African nations…
Why nursing homes are the worst places for our elderly
By Erin Brodwin From Business Insider If you’re thinking about sending your parent to a nursing home, it’s time to seriously reconsider. Facilities for the elderly, originally created as a by-product of an effort to free up hospital beds, haven’t…
