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Parents were urged to keep their children off school if they showed signs of whooping cough after two confirmed cases of the highly contagious illness. Staff at Somersfield Academy announced a string of precautionary measures yesterday in efforts to ...

The acting chief executive of the Bermuda Health Council has been appointed to the role on a permanent basis. Ricky Brathwaite, who has held the top job at BHeC since the controversial dismissal of Tamara Wedderburn in December 2018, was confirmed in...

Bermuda health experts are in close contact with an international body about the deadly coronavirus, the Government confirmed yesterday. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health said: “The Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit is in constant liaison wi...

Air arrivals are to be screened at the airport as a killer virus from China continued to spread, it was announced yesterday. The screening will include questions on areas travelled through in the previous 21 days and if the arrival had suffered any s...

Today the Minister of Health the Hon. Kim Wilson met with Dr. David Charles Benton, Chief Executive Officer of the National Council State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN). Dr. Benton is on-island to assist the Bermuda Nursing and Midwifery Council (BNMC) ...

A new MRI scanner at a soon-to-open health clinic will be an asset to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, the centre’s medical director said yesterday. JJ Soares explained: “We see our new MRI as a way to support the hospital, particularly during...

College students are to be targeted by the island’s blood bank in an attempt to boost the number of young donors. Lucy Correia, a nurse phlebotomist at the Bermuda Blood Donor Centre, said an ageing population had sparked the appeal. She explained: “...

A health seminar for medical professionals to gain education credits is on offer this Saturday from Colonial Group International. The annual forum, focusing on medicine for a new decade, will be held from 8am at the Hamilton Princess Hotel. Open to t...

An increase in flu cases has sparked a “medium alert” from health watchdogs. The Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit at the Ministry of Health issued the warning after a rise in influenza and fever and respiratory symptoms. A spokeswoman for the minis...

A 60-year-old man is suing the Bermuda Hospitals Board for medical negligence after claiming that emergency room staff repeatedly failed to spot a life-threatening illness. Raymond Santucci said staff at a private clinic, Bermuda Healthcare Services,...