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There has been one more Covid-19 related death since Monday and cases ‘are going in the wrong direction’, according to the Chief Medical Officer
DATE: Mar 17, 2022
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Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A last call went out today for people to put their best foot forward for a charity walk to raise funds for the fight against diabetes.
The Walk to ‘Defeet’ Diabetes, held every year, will be in a virtual format and participants were asked to walk, j...
DATE: Mar 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The scientist who spearheaded the island’s battle against Covid-19 yesterday denied a government claim that up to 60 people had worked at her lab.
Carika Weldon, the former director of the Medical Diagnostic and Research Laboratory, known as MDL, was...
DATE: Mar 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A dangerous and infectious virus that targets dogs has reappeared after a major outbreak swept through the island last summer.
Andrew Madeiros, of Ettrick Animal Hospital in Warwick, said canine parvovirus, which can cause serious illness or death in...
DATE: Mar 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
When people hear the word “stroke”, most picture it happening to someone in their later years rather a baby.
But Jill Davidson, a paediatric occupational therapist and owner of Function Junction, said she had looked after an infant who suffered a br...
DATE: Mar 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A pressure group is to sue the Government for damages over its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Eugene Dean, of the Collective Action Solidarity Trust, said the group planned to launch a representative claim — a form of class action lawsuit — throu...
DATE: Mar 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government was last night blasted after it sacked staff at the Covid-19 test lab
DATE: Mar 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Another Covid-19 death has occurred, bringing the pandemic’s death toll to 125. Active cases have risen to 257 from 224
DATE: Mar 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new company set up to sell antigen tests at what was said to be a cut rate has launched a giveaway scheme to help the less fortunate.
Lateral Flow Bermuda, founded by Jonathan Makanjuola, a consultant urologist, and Craig Brown, the managing direct...
DATE: Mar 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Chelsea Hill, RG Intern
Our brains control every human function. They interpret the world around us and help to define our mind and soul. So when they sustain injury, the effects are wide-ranging.
Not only can a brain injury affect our ability to move, our co-ordination an...
DATE: Mar 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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