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A month of moustache growth has raised almost $30,000 for men’s health as part of the annual Movember fundraising campaign. Will Green from professional services firm KPMG, the defending Mr Movember winner, retained his crown last night with a festiv...

Four people have been diagnosed with HIV this year and two people earlier diagnosed with the virus have died, the Ministry of Health revealed today. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, speaking in the wake of Wednesday’s World Aids Day, said that, al...

The health minister set an example to the public today as she queued up to get her flu shot. Kim Wilson said she hoped the public would follow suit to help control the risk of influenza over the winter season. Ms Wilson added: “The flu vaccine is a s...

Three new coronavirus infections have been recorded, health officials said yesterday, while six people have recovered from the coronavirus since the last update on Monday. The recoveries brought the number of active cases down to 30. All the new case...

Omicron, a newly emerged variant of Covid-19, has brought tougher restrictions to air travel, with Bermuda’s closest neighbour planning to shorten the turnaround time for a clear test from three days to 24 hours before travel. Here are the requiremen...

A doctor today claimed it was “a possibility” that politics was behind the Bermuda Health Council’s refusal to give him Standard Health Benefit status. JJ Soares also said he worried that the island was moving towards a system where the Government is...

Flu vaccinations set to be delivered yesterday as part of the Flu Express programme at the National Stadium Pavilion have been pushed back until tomorrow. The Ministry of Health provided no reasons for the delay. A spokeswoman for the Ministry urged ...

No decision on whether to limit the size of Christmas gatherings has been made amid fears over a new strain of the coronavirus, a health ministry spokeswoman said yesterday. She said: “No decision at this time has been taken to limit Christmas events...

The island has recorded 18 new coronavirus infections, it was revealed. The number of active cases has climbed from the 21 reported last Thursday to 33. But none are in hospital, although all the cases are being monitored by health officials. There h...

Covid-19 restrictions are to be loosened, the Premier said yesterday. The announcement by David Burt came as the UK banned flights from South Africa and five neighbouring countries as a new variant of the disease – dubbed “the worst ever” – was ident...