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Bermuda logged its first death linked to Covid-19 since February 21, it was announced tonight.
The grim news brought the total number of fatalities attributed to the pandemic to 124.
Kim Wilson, the health minister warned: “We are beginning to see an...
DATE: Mar 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
This year’s public health awards will go to an individual and an organisation who have made major contributions to the battle against Covid-19.
The Department of Health has asked for nominations for the Public Health Awards 2022.
A spokeswoman for t...
DATE: Mar 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A local organisation has moved to reassure those with sleep-related breathing disorders that it has assisted breathing equipment available on the island after other suppliers experienced product recalls.
Josh Dyball, sleep technician for the Bermuda...
DATE: Mar 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
There were 109 new cases of the coronavirus detected in the latest round of test results, health officials said last night.
The cases were among 6,588 test results that came back to health officials from between last Wednesday to Saturday – a positiv...
DATE: Mar 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Ministry of Health launched its Bermuda Health Strategy 2022–2027 last month in a bid to make sure that everyone has access to essential, quality health services without suffering financial hardship. FIONA McWHIRTER takes a look at some of th...
DATE: Mar 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Government’s new quarantine policy for close and casual contacts in schools is “overly complex, discriminatory and coercive”, a parents’ pressure group has claimed.
A spokeswoman for Us For Them Bermuda said: “Rather than a pragmatic policy on ho...
DATE: Mar 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Women dealing with grief will be offered support from an art therapy group.
Finding Solace was organised by Rhea Gibbons with the Women’s Resource Centre.
A spokeswoman explained that the art therapy group would give “support for women as they naviga...
DATE: Mar 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Cancer patients have been given a new high-precision non-surgical treatment option, the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre announced.
Chris Fosker, the BCHC medical director, said stereotactic ablative radiotherapy, also known as stereotactic body radi...
DATE: Mar 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Covid-19 restrictions will be relaxed further from 6am today, health officials said last night.
Large group sizes will be capped at 200 – up from 100 – and tables in restaurants, bars and clubs will not be limited to a maximum of ten people.
The ann...
DATE: Mar 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The mother of a schoolboy who suffered a severe brain injury in a car crash has highlighted March’s status as Brain Injury Awareness Month.
Helen Cart said she planned to use the international commemoration month to promote brain injury prevention, a...
DATE: Mar 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan